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Mrs. Wrage from Cedar Rapids IA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Graphic Novels for Great Readers

Help me give my students access to the graphic novels they love to read!

  • $602 goal

This project expired on March 23, 2019.

This project expired on March 23, 2019.

My Students

Our middle school students are avid readers - during just the first two months of school they checked out over 6,500 books! Graphic Novels continue to be our most popular area of the library. They are engaging, exciting, and students love to read them.

Our Graphic Novel section is in dire need of updating - we have books in circulation that have been checked out over 100 times - and they are falling apart.

The titles included in this project would replace many beloved favorites and add more titles that highlight diversity. These books are sure to be checked out and read immediately.

My Project

Graphic Novels are engaging, exciting, and can serve as a gateway to even more reading. Once students find an author or series they like, they want to read them all! It's so important to have the books they want available and ready to check out.

Any time I ask students what types of books they'd like more of in the library, they always answer - Graphic Novels!

Adding these titles to our collection would not only replace some favorites that have circulated for years, it would also increase the number of books highlighting characters from around the world and with unique experiences to share. Please help our students get access to the books they want to read.

Mrs. Wrage
Grades 6-8
  • Harding Middle School
  • Cedar Rapids, IA
  • Half of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 800 students.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books (Books 1-10) • Amazon Business $79.96 1 $79.96
Amulet #1-8 Box Set • Amazon Business $66.84 1 $66.84
Raina Telgemeier Collection • Amazon Business $27.70 1 $27.70
Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal Story Of Violence (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $19.08 1 $19.08
War Brothers: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
The Zabime Sisters • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Princeless Book 1: Deluxe Edition Hardcover • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword • Amazon Business $16.76 1 $16.76
Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite • Amazon Business $16.75 1 $16.75
Lowriders Blast from the Past • Amazon Business $15.31 1 $15.31
Marble Season • Amazon Business $14.82 1 $14.82
Daredevil, Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $14.76 1 $14.76
Foiled • Amazon Business $14.44 1 $14.44
Lowriders in Space • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
Hereville: How Mirka Caught a Fish • Amazon Business $12.56 1 $12.56
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Pantheon Graphic Library) • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout • Amazon Business $10.18 1 $10.18
A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return (Single Titles) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Little White Duck: A Childhood in China (Single Titles) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
I Remember Beirut • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Adventures of Venus • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Lowriders to the Center of the Earth • Amazon Business $9.90 1 $9.90
Friends with Boys • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98

Materials cost

$443.80

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$30.40

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$510.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.15

Total project goal

$601.01

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

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