ORCA (Oregon Reader's Choice Award) voting time is upon us. Oregon youth grades 4-12 are invited to vote for their favorite books from lists selected by a team of educators and librarians. Any student who has read at least 2 of the books on the list is invited to vote online March 1-31st. Also, on the ORCA website there is Prezi presentation for each set of books that includes video book trailers - great to show to your classes! (Note: teachers and librarians are encouraged to gather votes and submit them online for students.)Here are the nominees:
Middle School
North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
Scat by Carl Hiaasen
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
The Carbon Diaries, 2015 by Saci Lloyd
Notes from the Dog by Gary Paulsen
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Scat by Carl Hiaasen
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
The Carbon Diaries, 2015 by Saci Lloyd
Notes from the Dog by Gary Paulsen
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
High School
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Tales of the Madman Underground by John Barnes
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Love is the Higher Law by David Levithan
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
The Monstrumologist by Richard Yancey
Tales of the Madman Underground by John Barnes
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Love is the Higher Law by David Levithan
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
The Monstrumologist by Richard Yancey
