ORCA 2013 consideration list

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2	Author	Title	Awards	Genre	Protagonist gender	Comments	Stuart	Rick	Traci	Linda	Carol	Jackie	Rebecca	Nina	Trey	Adrienne

3	Junior Division, grades 3-5
4	Angleberger, Tom	The Strange Case of Origami Yoda		Realistic fiction	male	school story filled with humor	X very popular book	X	X	X	x boys love this	X	x very fun read	x		X	9
5	Burns, L.G.	The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honeybee Catastrophe		Nonfiction		Nonfiction picture book chronicling recent honey bee devastation in the U.S.		x					Better suited for Intermediate list?				1
6	Deutsch, Barry	Hereville: How Mirka got her sword	Kirkus 2010 Best Graphic Novels	Graphic novel	female	Portland author, spunky girl in a graphic novel	X great story, local author	x	X great graphic novel with a fantastical element			X	X	x		X great book & a local author	7
7	Erskine, Kathryn	Mockingbird		Realistic fiction	Female					X	x						2
8	Frazier, Sundee T	The other half of my heart		Realistic fiction	Female	explores the lives of multi-racial twins							X				1
9	Golio,G.	Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow	OBOB	Biography	male	Biography about Jimi Hendrix's early life and work							X			X	2
10	Holm, Jennifer	Turtle in Paradise	Newberry Honor	Historical fiction	female	Northwest author, humor and adventure with a very spunky female protagonist		x	X	X	x	X	X	X			7
11	Kadohata, Cynthia	Million shades of gray		Historical fiction					X	X	x						3
12	Law, Ingrid	Scumble		Fantasy	Male	Companion book to Savvy					x delightful						1
13	O'Connor, Barbara	The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester		Realistic fiction	male			x				X				X	3
14	Rhodes, Jewell Parker	Ninth Ward		Realistic fiction	Female	set during Hurricane Katrina										X	1
15	Ryan, Pam Munoz & Peter Sis	Dreamer		Fictionlized biography	Male	Pable Neruda's childhood					X I loved it but will kids?						1
16	Shiga, Jason	Meanwhile: pick any path. 3,856 story possibilities		Graphic novel meets choose your own adventure		A boy chooses a flavor of ice cream and ends up destroying all life on earth, traveling through time, stealing memories, dying and much much more.		x	X	X		X most popular book I have booktalked in a long time	X choose your owns still have great appeal and this one will keep them 'choosing' for hours	x			6
17	Sidman, Joyce	Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night	Newbery Honor	Poetry/Science		"Ecosystem" collection of poetry					x poetry in an appealing format						1
18	Spratt, RA	Adventures of Nanny Piggins	Booklist 'Top of the List'	humor	male/female	Three kids get a new nanny, who just happens to be a pig						X hilarious		X			2
19	TenNapel, Doug	Ghostopolis		Graphic novel	male	Creepy details, quick quips and a wry, deadpan (pun absolutely intended) humor are sure to delight.			X	X							2
20	Walsh, Pat	The crowfield curse		Mystery, historical fiction	Male									X			1
21	Williams-Garcia, Rita	One crazy Summer	Newbery Honor	Realistic, historical	Female	African American protagonist		x	X		x	X		X		X	6
22	Vanderpool, Clare	Moon over Manifest	Newbery winner, OBOB	Historical fiction			X great historical novel, strong female protagonist			X			X beautifully written, popular in our library	X			4
23	Wood, Maryrose	The incorrigible children of Ashton Place: the mysterious howling		high melodrama		First in a series		x	X	X	x engaging	X	X very popular	X		X	8
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31	Intermediate Division, grades 6-8
32	Aronson, Marc & Budhos, Marina	Sugar changed the world: a story of magic, spice, slavery, freedom, and science	2010 Kirkus Review Best Book for Teens	Non-fiction, history, food				x					X Fascinating look at substance everyone knows about				2
33	Bond, Victoria	Zora and me	2010 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award	Fictionlized biography	Female						x	better for junior division? main character is 10		jr division?	X		2
34	Cottrell Boyce, Frank	Cosmic		contemporary fiction	male	12-year old Liam looks like he's thirty. He cons is way on the first commercial space trip. When they get stranded out in space, it's not a good thing to be the adult on board.		x								X	2
35	Draper, Sharon M.	Out of my mind	OBOB	Realistic fiction	Female	rich in detail of both the essential normalcy and the difficulties of a young person with cerebral palsy			X	X	x	better for junior division? reviews say 4th-6th grade, main character is in 5th grade	X	Jr division?			4
36	Fable Vision, Ill. P.H. Reynolds	Zebrafish		Graphic Novel	Female	Vita wants to start a band, however her dream is not fulfilled in the way she had hoped.			X								1
37	Flores-Galbis, Enrique	90 Miles to Havana	Belpré Honor Book	Historical fiction	male	fictionalized account of the author's experience leaving Cuba in Operation Pedro Pan					x						1
38	Freedman, Russel	The war to end all wars: World War I		Non-fiction, history										X			1
39	Gidwitz, Adam	Tale Dark and Grimm	OBOB	Fantasy			Wow, lots of EXCELLENT reviews, and it's OBOB.			X				X	X		4
40	Gleitzman, Morris	Once		Historical fiction	male	1940's Poland					x					X	2
41	Gonzalez, Christina	Red umbrella	OBOB					x			x		X			X	4
42	Landon, Kristin	Limit	OBOB				I haven't read it, but it's OBOB and it looks good (from the reviews).						X				2
43	Holt, Kimberly Willis	The water seeker		Historical fiction	Male						x						1
44	Larson, Hope	Mercury		Graphic Novel - Historical Fiction/Ghost Story	female	Tara is forced to move in with her cousins after her house burns down. She faces a difficult adjustment while her mother is away trying to earn money. Interwoven with this story is that of Tara's ancestors, who in 1859 were convinced by a mysterious stranger to put all their money into searching their property for gold.			X								1
45	Lore, Pittacus	I am number four	OBOB							X					X		2
46	Mulligan, Andy	Trash		Realistic, future	male							X					1
47	Neri, G. & Duburke, Randy	Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty		Graphic novel, biography		The life, death and aftermath of an eleven-year-old gangbanger, based on a true tragedy.	better for senior division		agree - more appropriate for senior division						Should be Senior
48	Oppel, Kenneth	Half Brother			Male	a novel about a teenage boy whose parents bring home his new baby brother--a chimpanzee.						X				X	2
49	Paulsen, Gary	Woods runner		Historical fiction	Male			x		X	x						3
50	Potter, Ellen	Kneebone Boy										X					1
51	Preus, Margi	Heart of a Samurai	Newbery Honor	Historical fiction	male	based on the real life story of a Japanese boy who was shipwrecked, rescued by an American whaling ship and lived in the US in the 1840's. Illustrations by the subject of the book			X	X			X	X			4
52	Reeve, Philip	Fever Crumb	OBOB	Fantasy	female	Fever Crumb, raised as an engineer in future London, leaves her sheltered world and learns startling & dangerous truths about her past.	X great fantasy book	x	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	9
53	Shulman, Polly	The Grimm Legacy		Fantasy/adventure set in NYC	male & female	HS students working in a special kind of library featuring the real items from Grimm stories (mirror from Snow White, 7 league boots, etc) work together to save the collections and their friends from evildoers.		x	X			X				X	4
54	Shulman, Mark	Scrawl		realistic fiction	male	a bully story from a "bully's" point of view	X very well written, and a great insight into a bully's life						X				2
55	Sonnenblick, Jordan	After ever after		realistic	male							X					1
56	Telgemeier, Raina	Smile		Non-fiction, graphic style				x	X - great graphic novel about acceptance, friendship and going through middle and high school			X				X	4
57	Vanderpool, Claire	Moon over Manifest	Newbery Winner	Historical fiction	Female						x			X			2
58	Walsh, Pat	Crowfield curse	OBOB	mystery		Also on junior consideration list								X			1
59	Wiles, Deborah	Countdown		historical fiction	Female	growing up during the Cuban missile crisis		x			x	X		X			4
60	Yolen, Jane	Foiled		Graphic Novel	female				X	X			X Yolen and a graphic novel! Yum			X	4
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65	Senior Division, grades 9-12
66	Anderson, Laurie Halse	Forge		Historical fiction	male & female	15 year old Curzon escapes from slavery and serves in the Continental army					x						1
67	Angel, Ann	Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing		Biography							x					X	2
68	Bacigalupi, Paolo	Shipbreaker	Printz winner, OBOB			Nailer may be the kindest person alive in the darkest future you can imagine. Set on the Louisiana coast, the poorest spend every waking moment scraping out a life breaking down old ships for their valuable metal and oil.		x		X		X		X			4
69	Bartoletti, Susan Campbell	They Called Themselves The K.K.K.: The Birth Of An American Terrorist Group	ALA Notable Book	Non-Fic		Documents the history and origin of the Ku Klux Klan from its beginning in Pulaski, Tennessee, and provides personal accounts, congressional documents, diaries, and more.	X - This was a fascinating read.	x	X		x						4
70	Black, Holly	White cat		Fantasy	male	The Curse Workers Book 1. Black excels at writing magic and fantasy stories with realistic characters and consequences.								X			1
71	Caletti, Deb	Six rules of maybe	OBOB				X- Haven't read, but Caletti is a very popular author.										1
72	Canada, Geoffrey & Nicholas, Jamar	Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence		Non-fiction, graphic style												X	1
73	Chayil, Eishes	Hush		Contemporary fiction	Female	Hasidic Judaism, suicide									X		1
74	Clare, Cassandra	Clockwork Angels		Fantasy		First in "The Infernal Devices" series	X Kids say it's the best steampunk book out there.			X			X	X	X First in a Four-book (to date) series		5
75	Cohn, Rachel and Levithan, David	Dash and Lily's Book of Dares		Realistic Fiction			X another great collaboration between Cohn & Levithan		X				X			X	4
76	Dembicki, Matt	Trickster: Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection		Folklore graphic style								X					1
77	Dorkin, Evan & Thompson, Jill	Beasts of burden: animal rights		Graphic novel		A group of dogs and one open-minded cat join forces to protect the community of Burden Hill against a variety of supernatural forces.			X								1
78	Fisher, Catherine	Incarceron		Science fiction	female & male	First of two volumes. Apparent utopia with dystopian secret. Well realized characters. Adventure on a world-wide scale.		x		X		X			X		4
79	Doctorow, Cory	For the Win		Future	both	gaming	X Doctorow hits again with another scarily realistic sci fi book.	x					X	X	X		5
80	Donnelly, Jennifer	Revolution	OBOB	Contemporary fiction	female	time travel, French Revolution			X	X						X	2
81	Flores-Galbis, Enrique	90 Miles to Havana	Belpré Honor Book	Historical fiction	male	fictionalized account of the author's experience leaving Cuba in Operation Pedro Pan					x						1
82	Freedman, Russell	The war to end all wars: World War I		Non-fiction, history							x						1
83	Gill, David McInnis	Black Hole Sun		SciFi	Male & female.	Mars of the future run by corporations at war with each other.								X			1
84	Green, John & Levithan, David	Will Grayson, Will Grayson		Contemporary fiction	male		X Great story. I think John Green always makes it on the YRCA and ORCA lists.	x	X	X	x	X	X		X		8
85	Henry, April	Girl Stolen		Realistic fiction, thriller	female	Oregon author		x				X Oregon author	X, fast reading thriller, Oregon author				3
86	Holt, Kimberly Willis	The water seeker		Historical fiction	Male						x						1
87	Kim, Susan	Brain camp		Graphic novel		Two teens discover there is something far more sinister than nature hikes going on at their summer camp.			X								1
88	King, A. S	Please ignore Vera Dietz	Printz Honor	Realistic Fiction	Female			x	X			X			X	X	5
89	John, Anthony	Five Flavors of Dumb	Schneider	Realistic Fiction	Female	Deaf						X					1
90	Marchetta, Melina	Finnikin of the Rock		Fantasy	Both	The rare epic which concludes in one volume. Great characters, especially the main female.		x				X			X Very good Female & male protagonists.	X	4
91	McBride, Lish	Hold Me Closer, Necromancer		Fantasy/Humor	male	Teen boy discovers he has the power to reanimate the dead, and the current necomancer is not very happy about his appearance. It's gruesome but hilarious	X Very funny and yet macabre story.						X OK, this is way weird and I gobbled it up. Lots of teen appeal.	X	X		4
92	Oliver, Lauren	Before I Fall		Realistic Fiction	Female	A teen girl dies in a car accident, but is able to relive her last day in order to try and get things right.			X	X					X		3
93	Sachar, Louis	The Cardturner		Realistic Fiction	male	Kissing up to his wealthy blind uncle is a job at first until the game of bridge changes everything.								X			1
94	Skloot, Rebecah	Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks	OBOB	Non-fiction		Tells the story of the family of Henrietta Lacks, a black woman whose genetic material was harvested without her knowledge and is still used for genetic research long after her death from cancer.	X Seriously a must read for everyone, adults and teens, and a local author (at least she grew up in Portland).			X			X	X			4
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96	Williams-Garcia, Rita	One crazy summer		Historical fiction	Female						x						1
97	Yang, Gene Luen	Prime Baby		Graphic novel	male											X	1
98	Perkins, Mitali	Bamboo People	ALA best fiction for YA	Historical fiction	male	intertwined story, told in to voices; set in Burma/Myanmar				X	x		X			X	3
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