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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 Lifelong Readers With Graphic Novels!

My students need a variety of engaging graphic novels to expand their classroom's lending library.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Pearce's classroom raised $354

This project is fully funded

My Students

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.

My Project

I would like to expand our classroom lending library with a variety of new comic collections and graphic novels for our 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

Equity Focus

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

160 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Make Me a Woman Vanessa Davis • Barnes and Noble $17.06 1 $17.06
Batman: Knightfall, Part Two: Who Rules the Night, Vol. 2 Doug Moench, Alan Grant, Chuck Dixon • Barnes and Noble $12.30 1 $12.30
Batman: Knightfall, Part One: Broken Bat, Vol. 1 DC Comics, C. Dixon • Barnes and Noble $12.30 1 $12.30
Batman: Knightfall, Part Three: Knightsend, Vol. 3 DC Comics, Doug Moench, Jo Duffy • Barnes and Noble $13.67 1 $13.67
Other Lives HC Peter Bagge • Barnes and Noble $20.29 1 $20.29
Sweet Tooth Vol. 2: In Captivity Jeff Lemire, Jeff Lemire (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.32 1 $8.32
The Complete Essex County Jeff Lemire, Jeff Lemire (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $24.32 1 $24.32
The Alcoholic Jonathan Ames, Dean Haspiel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.16 1 $12.16
American Splendor: Our Movie Year Harvey Pekar, R. Crumb, Mark Zingarelli, Josh Neufeld, Gary Dumm • Barnes and Noble $13.76 1 $13.76
Our Cancer Year Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner, Frank Stack (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
Beanworld Book 2: A Gift Comes!, Vol. 2 Larry Marder (Artist), Larry Marder • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
American Vampire, Volume 1 Scott Snyder, Stephen King, Rafael Albuquereque • Barnes and Noble $17.09 1 $17.09
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Marvel Illustrated) L. Frank Baum, Skottie Young (Artist), Adapted by Eric Shanower • Barnes and Noble $13.67 1 $13.67
Flash Chronicles Vol. 1 Various, Carmine Infantino (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.16 1 $12.16
The Flash Chronicles Vol. 2 John Broome, Carmine Infantino (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.25 1 $10.25
Alan Moore's: Judgment Day Alan Moore • Barnes and Noble $14.48 1 $14.48
Batman: The Long Halloween (Batman Series) Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.67 1 $13.67
Batman: Dark Victory Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.67 1 $13.67

Materials cost

$261.55

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$300.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.02

Total project goal

$353.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $353.49

3 Donors

-$91.71

Donations toward project cost

-$82.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.26

match offer

-$256.49

Match offer toward project cost

-$218.02

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.47

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.29

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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