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Mr. Pearce from Middletown, OH is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Create Life Long Readers with Graphic Novels!

My students need 33 graphic novels to help raise their reading skills to a basic ninth grade level.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Pearce's classroom raised $708

This project is fully funded

Working with low-level readers in a high need school has unique challenges; chief among them, finding books that truly get students excited about reading. One genre that my students are constantly interested in spending time with during free reading periods involve graphic novels. They love the exciting stories and artwork. I love that even my students at the lowest reading level can pick up a comic and feel no shame in reading something that's keyed to their grade level. Unfortunately, our school's media center does not have many books that fit this mold. I would like to begin a hardcover graphic novel lending library in my classroom for these students. By having a wealth of interesting titles at their fingertips, students will have the opportunity to increase not only the amount of time they spend on reading, but also their reading levels. Many of my low-level readers are college bound, and putting books that help build stamina in the hands of those students can only further prepare them for the world after high school. Your help will ensure that students like mine get every opportunity to discover the joy of reading, while increasing their vocabulary and stamina. Thank you!

Mr. Pearce Middletown High School Grades 9-12

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gears of War HC Joshua Ortega, Liam Sharp (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.99 1 $15.99
Ghostbusters: The Other Side Keith Champagne, Tom Nguyen (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall Bill Willingham, Mark Wheatley (Illustrator), Charles Vess (Illustrator), John Bolton (Illustrator), Jill Thompson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.99 1 $17.99
Funny Misshapen Body: A Memoir Jeffrey Brown • Barnes and Noble $12.80 1 $12.80
Clumsy Jeffrey Brown, Jeffrey Brown (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $9.00 1 $9.00
Unlikely Jeffrey Brown, Jeffrey Brown (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Runaways, Volume 1: Pride and Joy Digest Brian K Vaughan, Adrian Alphona (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Runaways, Volume 2: Teenage Wasteland Digest Brian K Vaughan, Adrian Alphona (Illustrator), Adrian Alphona (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Runaways, Volume 3: The Good Die Young Digest Brian K Vaughan, Craig Yeung (Illustrator), Jo Chen (Artist), Adrian Alphona (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Runaways, Volume 6: Parental Guidance Digest Brian K Vaughan, Adrian Alphona (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Runaways, Volume 5: Escape to New York Digest Brian K Vaughan, Takeshi Miyazawa (Artist), Adrian Alphona (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Runaways, Volume 4: True Believers Digest Brian K Vaughan, Adrian Alphona (Artist), Craig Yeung (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Runaways, Volume 7: Live Fast Digest Brian K Vaughan, Mike Norton (Artist), Adrian Alphona (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Y: The Last Man Book One Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $23.99 1 $23.99
Y The Last Man Deluxe Edition Book Two Matt Sturges, Pia Guerra (Illustrator), Goran Parlov (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $23.99 1 $23.99
Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds HC Geoff Johns, George Perez (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.99 1 $15.99
Justice Society of America: Thy Kingdom Come, Part Two Geoff Johns, Alex Ross, Jerry Ordway (Illustrator), Dale Eaglesham (Illustrator), Fernando Pasarin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $19.99 1 $19.99
Justice Society of America, Volume 4: Thy Kingdom Come, Part III Geoff Johns, Alex Ross, Dale Eaglesham (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $19.99 1 $19.99
Fables Volume 1, Deluxe Edition Bill Willingham, Craig Hamilton (Illustrator), Mark Buckingham (Illustrator), Steve Leialoha (Illustrator), Lan Medina (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $23.99 1 $23.99
American Born Chinese Gene Luen Yang • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale Art Spiegelman, Fred Jordon (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $28.00 1 $28.00
Maus: A Survivor's Tale - 2 Volume Boxed Set Art Spiegelman • Barnes and Noble $23.92 1 $23.92
Far Arden Kevin Cannon, Kevin Cannon (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $17.95 1 $17.95
Too Cool to Be Forgotten Alex Robinson, Alex Robinson (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Daredevil: Hell to Pay, Volume 2 Ed Brubaker, Paul Azaceta, Michael Lark (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Daredevil: Cruel and Unusual Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, Michael Lark, Mike Perkins, Michael Lark (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Gotham Central, Volume 1: In The Line of Duty (Issues 1 - 10) Greg Rucka • Barnes and Noble $23.99 1 $23.99
Gotham Central, Volume 2: Jokers and Madmen (Hardcover) Greg Rucka, Jim Starlin, Michael Lark • Barnes and Noble $23.99 1 $23.99
Batman: No Man's Land, Vol. 1 Bob Gale, Devin Grayson, Dale Eaglesham (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
Batman: No Man's Land, Volume 2 Greg Rucka, Bob Gale, Devin Grayson, Mike Deodato (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Batman: No Man's Land, Volume 5 Greg Rucka • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
Batman: No Man's Land, Volume 4 Greg Rucka, Bob Gale, Dale Eaglesham (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
Halo: Uprising Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $19.99 1 $19.99

Materials cost

$512.11

Vendor shipping charges

 $51.21

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$580.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$127.32

Total project goal

$707.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $707.34

2 Donors

-$353.68

Donations toward project cost

-$290.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$63.66

match offer

-$353.66

Match offer toward project cost

-$290.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$63.66

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