<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I am pleased to announce the <a href="http://oregonreaderschoiceaward.wordpress.com/">titles</a> chosen by this
year’s committee from the list of books nominated by students and
teachers from around the state.<b> </b>The nominees for the 2015 ORCA Award are:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Upper Elementary</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The One and Only Ivan</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> by Katherine Applegate<br>
<b>Chomp</b> by Carl Hiaasen<br>
<b>Starry River of the Sky</b> by Grace Lin<br>
<b>Summer of the Gypsy Moths</b> by Sara Pennypacker<br>
<b>Splendors and Glooms</b> by Laura Amy Schlitz<br>
<b>Who Could That Be at This Hour?</b> by Lemony Snicket<br>
<b>Cardboard</b> by Doug TenNapel<br>
<b>Three Times Lucky</b> by Sheila Turnage</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Middle School</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Storybound</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> by Marissa Burt<br>
<b>Titanic : Voices from the Disaster</b> by Deborah Hopkinson<br>
<b>Ungifted</b> by Gordon Korman<br>
<b>The Lions of Little Rock</b> by Kristin Levine<br>
<b>Keeper of the Lost Cities</b> by Shannon Messenger<br>
<b>Colin Fischer</b> by Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz<br>
<b>The False Prince</b> by Jennifer A. Nielsen<br>
<b>Beyond Courage</b> by Doreen Rappaport</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">High School</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Fault in Our Stars</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> by John Green<br>
<b>Seraphina</b> by Rachel Hartman<br>
<b>Cinder</b> by Marissa Meyer<br>
<b>Dodger</b> by Terry Pratchett<br>
<b>Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe</b> by Benjamin
Alire Saenz<br>
<b>Endangered</b> by Eliot Schrefer<br>
<b>Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore</b> by Robin Sloan<br>
<b>Code Name Verity</b> by Elizabeth Wein</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I would like to
thank the committee members for their hard work. They are </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Elizabeth LaShomb Christley, <span style="color:black">Lisa Elliott, and Teena Nelson from the Oregon Young Adult Network (OYAN), Beth
LaForce, Marie LeJeune, </span>Karren Timmermans from the Oregon Reading
Association (ORA), <span style="color:black">Melanie Hetrick, Jessica Marie,
Denise Willms from OLA’s Childrens Services Division (CSD), Kathryn Harmon,
Kiva Liljequist, Laurie Nordahl of the Oregon Association of School Librarians
(OASL) and Kira Porton of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA).</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Nina Kramer, ORCA Chair 2014-2015</span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><b>Nina Kramer</b><div>Youth Librarian</div><div>
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