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Mrs. Conti from Grafton WV is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Now That They're Hooked, We Don't Have the Next Book!

Help me give my students the rest of the story with the "final chapter" by completing our incomplete book series.

  • 1 donor
  • $371 still needed

expires Jun 30

  • 1 donor
  • $371 still needed
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My Project

The students and staff at our middle school know the struggle we have faced in the library the last few years to get our shelves updated and relevant. In 2019, when I was first hired, more than 73% of our books were considered "aged." In our fiction section, only 115 of our holdings were from 2010 or later. When students entered, they saw tattered spines, outdated books, and topics that just did not relate to them. We have worked hard to get our book collection updated. With limited access to funds, we have scoured used book sales, relied on generous donations, and have done some major rehabilitation on broken or torn spines. The work is paying off as our students are far more engaged in the library, and circulation has dramatically increased.

But so many books geared to the middle level reader are written in series, that we just cannot keep up with getting the next volume in the set.

We have missing books from many of our most popular series. Sometimes one in a set is lost; other times it is so well-read it has fallen apart; but mostly, we just have not been able to purchase it due to lack of funding. This project has been created in the hopes that we can complete the most read series. We would love to be able to give our students that missing piece to end the cliff hangers, to solve the mystery. Help us give them the end of the story!

Mrs. Conti
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Case Closed #4: Danger on the Dig • Amazon Business $17.63 1 $17.63
The Encounter (Animorphs Graphix #3) (Animorphs Graphic Novels) • Amazon Business $17.30 1 $17.30
Lodestar (5) (Keeper of the Lost Cities) • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Ruin and Rising (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, 3) • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
Lockwood & Co.: The Empty Grave (Lockwood & Co., 5) • Amazon Business $14.61 1 $14.61
Case Closed #3: Haunting at the Hotel • Amazon Business $14.51 1 $14.51
Lockwood & Co.: The Creeping Shadow (Lockwood & Co., 4) • Amazon Business $14.16 1 $14.16
Reckoning (3) (Whispering Pines) • Amazon Business $13.98 1 $13.98
Empty Smiles (Small Spaces Quartet) • Amazon Business $13.25 1 $13.25
The Message (Animorphs Graphix #4) (Animorphs Graphic Novels) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue (The Vanderbeekers, 3) • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
The Fever Code (Maze Runner, Book Five; Prequel) (The Maze Runner Series) • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
Spy School Goes South • Amazon Business $12.56 1 $12.56
Spy School Project X • Amazon Business $12.37 1 $12.37
Neverseen (4) (Keeper of the Lost Cities) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Bella's Story: A Puppy Tale • Amazon Business $11.77 1 $11.77
Room to Dream (Front Desk #3) • Amazon Business $10.91 1 $10.91
Three Keys (Front Desk #2) • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Bear Bottom (FunJungle) • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Mark of the Plague (2) (The Blackthorn Key) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Page: Book 2 of the Protector of the Small Quartet • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
A Tale of Witchcraft... (A Tale of Magic..., 2) • Amazon Business $9.92 1 $9.92
Whale Done (FunJungle) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Ghost of Spirit Bear (Spirit Bear, 2) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$301.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$336.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.34

Total project goal

$395.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $395.62

1 Donor

-$25.00

Donations toward project cost

-$21.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $370.62

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