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Ms. DeMartini from San Ramon, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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DeMartini's Dystopian Book Clubs!

Help me give my students fresh dystopian book club titles that will transport them to futuristic fantasies!

  • $3,741 goal

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My Project

These books will be PERFECT for our 7th Grade book clubs with Dystopian novels! I have chosen books with a variety of different motifs which include: rebellion and resistance, hope and resilience, power and corruption, friendship and loyalty, and the role of technology! I have also carefully selected books from a range of Lexile reading levels to ensure struggling readers' needs are met, as well as readers who are exceeding grade level comprehension and fluency! There truly is something for everyone!

What I love most about book clubs is listening to student-led discussions!

Students are given a chance to understand, analyze, apply, and share insights with one another. This not only encourages dialogue between students, but it also allows students to make similar connections, therefore strengthening the classroom community!

VOICE AND CHOICE! What I also value and love about book clubs, is allowing students to pick titles that they feel most excited about. Allowing students to pick books of their interest has turned students who hate reading, into students who opened themselves up to a whole new world and have a changed perspective on reading. This makes me incredibly ecstatic to watch happen before my eyes!

Ms. DeMartini Pine Valley Middle School Grades 6-8

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San Ramon, CA View local requests 360 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Giver • AKJ Education $8.75 50 $437.50
Matched • Amazon Business $7.66 30 $229.80
The Buried • Amazon Business $11.19 20 $223.80
The 5th Wave: The First Book of the 5th Wave Series • Amazon Business $10.88 20 $217.60
Uglies • AKJ Education $10.21 20 $204.20
Scarlet: Book Two of the Lunar Chronicles (The Lunar Chronicles, 2) • Amazon Business $9.69 20 $193.80
Dry • Amazon Business $9.54 20 $190.80
The Loop (1) • Amazon Business $9.39 20 $187.80
Divergent (Divergent Series, 1) • Amazon Business $8.21 20 $164.20
Gone (Gone, 1) • Amazon Business $8.07 20 $161.40
The Sandcastle Empire • Amazon Business $7.99 20 $159.80
Cinder: Book One of the Lunar Chronicles (The Lunar Chronicles, 1) • Amazon Business $6.97 20 $139.40
The Selection (The Selection, 1) • Amazon Business $6.29 20 $125.80
Legend • Amazon Business $5.65 20 $113.00
The City of Ember (The City of Ember Book 1) • Amazon Business $4.87 20 $97.40

Materials cost

$2,846.30

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $260.44

3rd party payment processing fee

$42.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$3,179.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$561.08

Total project goal

$3,740.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $3,740.51

2 Donors

-$1,615.00

Donations toward project cost

-$1,611.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

match offer

-$1,844.92

Match offer toward project cost

-$1,568.18

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$276.74

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$280.59

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

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