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Mr. Hoelle from Fort Wayne, IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books Books Books for 5th Grade!

Help me give my students the opportunity to find books that are at their level and that they find interesting.

  • $899 goal

This project expired on August 15, 2025.

This project expired on August 15, 2025.

My Project

I am hoping to get more books for my students. 5th grade is a very wide set of diverse learners. With that being said, I would like to get books in my library that accommodate all readers in 5th grade.

I'd like to make sure more students are getting more books in their hands and are attempting to read.

To do that, books have to be interesting to them and at their reading level. The books that I am requesting will support that, especially for ELL students who need books in Spanish. I just want reading to become more important to all students, and with your help, I can do that!

Mr. Hoelle Adams Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

25 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mr. Lemoncello's Greatest Box Set on Earth: 6 Books! (Mr. Lemoncello's Library) • Amazon Business $34.06 1 $34.06
NEW SET! Small Spaces Quartet Series 4 Books Set • Amazon Business $28.22 1 $28.22
Wingfeather Saga Boxed Set: On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness; North! Or Be Eaten; The Monster in the Hollows; The Warden and the Wolf King (The Wingfeather Saga) • Amazon Business $26.60 1 $26.60
The Mysterious Benedict Society Paperback Boxed Set • Amazon Business $25.98 1 $25.98
Wings of Fire Boxset, Books 1-5 (Wings of Fire) • Amazon Business $22.91 1 $22.91
The Wayside School 4-Book Box Set: Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Wayside School Is Falling Down, Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger, ... Doom―Hilarious Chapter Book Series for Kids • Amazon Business $20.59 1 $20.59
The Half Upon a Time Trilogy (Boxed Set): Half Upon a Time; Twice Upon a Time; Once Upon the End • Amazon Business $18.98 1 $18.98
Gaither Sisters Trilogy Box Set: One Crazy Summer, P.S. Be Eleven, Gone Crazy in Alabama • Amazon Business $16.28 1 $16.28
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 • Amazon Business $15.25 1 $15.25
Best Nerds Forever • Amazon Business $7.39 2 $14.78
Robot salvaje / The Wild Robot (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Crenshaw - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 2 $13.12
Small Spaces (Small Spaces Quartet) • Amazon Business $12.94 1 $12.94
Dead Voices (Small Spaces Quartet) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Because of Winn-Dixie • Amazon Business $5.70 2 $11.40
The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street • Amazon Business $11.10 1 $11.10
Hello, Universe: A Newbery Award Winner • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Last Koala: and the Secret of the Forest • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Join the Club, Maggie Diaz • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Everything Sad Is Untrue (a true story) • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Tuck Everlasting • Amazon Business $5.28 2 $10.56
Front Desk (Front Desk #1) (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
The Bridge Home • Amazon Business $10.31 1 $10.31
The Wild Robot Protects (Volume 3) (The Wild Robot, 3) • Amazon Business $10.25 1 $10.25
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus (Life of a Cactus, 1) • Amazon Business $10.03 1 $10.03
The Seventh Wish • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Return to the Isle of the Lost-A Descendants Novel, Book 2: A Descendants Novel (The Descendants) • Amazon Business $8.48 1 $8.48
War Stories • Amazon Business $8.36 1 $8.36
Isle of the Lost, The-A Descendants Novel, Book 1: A Descendants Novel (The Descendants) • Amazon Business $8.12 1 $8.12
The Wild Robot Escapes (Volume 2) (The Wild Robot, 2) • Amazon Business $8.09 1 $8.09
Slacker • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
We Dream of Space: A Newbery Honor Award Winner • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
Alice Austen Lived Here • Amazon Business $7.83 1 $7.83
The 6th Grade Nickname Game • Amazon Business $7.64 1 $7.64
Goodbye Stranger • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Other Words for Home: A Newbery Honor Award Winner • Amazon Business $7.48 1 $7.48
Just My Luck - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Wrecker - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Chomp - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Flush - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
I Can Make This Promise - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Coraline 10th Anniversary Edition - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Scat - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Hoot - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Whatshisface • Amazon Business $7.21 1 $7.21
Greystone Secrets #3: The Messengers • Amazon Business $7.11 1 $7.11
The School for Whatnots • Amazon Business $7.10 1 $7.10
Greystone Secrets #1: The Strangers • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The War That Saved My Life: (Newbery Honor Award Winner) • Amazon Business $6.92 1 $6.92
Starfish • Amazon Business $6.90 1 $6.90
Ali Cross (Ali Cross, 1) • Amazon Business $6.81 1 $6.81
All the Lovely Bad Ones • Amazon Business $6.69 1 $6.69
The Fourteenth Goldfish • Amazon Business $6.68 1 $6.68
I Know You're Lying (A Secrets & Lies Novel) • Amazon Business $6.62 1 $6.62
The Underland Chronicles - Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane (The Underland Chronicles #2) - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Harriet the Spy - Harriet the Spy - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Underland Chronicles - Gregor the Overlander - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Wild Robot - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Level 13 (A Slacker Novel) - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Sinister Summer - Wretched Waterpark - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Collector • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
Greystone Secrets #2: The Deceivers • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
The Incredible Journey • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
The Borrowers Afield (Borrowers, 2) • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
The Borrowers Afloat (Borrowers, 3) • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
The Borrowers (Borrowers, 1) • Amazon Business $5.85 1 $5.85
Welcome to Dweeb Club • Amazon Business $5.30 1 $5.30
I Know Your Secret (A Secrets & Lies Novel) • Amazon Business $5.08 1 $5.08
The Phantom Tollbooth • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
I Survived the Black Death, 1348 (I Survived #24) • Amazon Business $4.87 1 $4.87
Class Dismissed • Amazon Business $4.33 1 $4.33
Treasure Island (Signet Classics) • Amazon Business $3.25 1 $3.25

Materials cost

$723.20

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$764.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$134.83

Total project goal

$898.88

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

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