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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Title nominations are due by October 31st, 2018!<br>
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Recommendations are welcome from teachers, librarians and ALL other members of the reading community for the 2019-2020 Oregon Battle of the Books list.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Suggestions from authors or publishers are not accepted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">These are suggestions for the Grades 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12 Divisions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Please fill out as much information as is possible.
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Limit of three titles per division (3-5, 6-8, 9-12), per person.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Email questions to: Courtney Snyder-
<a href="mailto:obobtitlechair@gmail.com">obobtitlechair@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(Note- In my experience the title submissions are often lacking diversity and titles that are nonfiction. When you nominate please keep in mind that questions writers must be able to get 80 questions from each book - 40 “In Which Book”
and 40 “Content” questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Title nomination form: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIgVUDgQ5eompzTZnH695cz-44giMf-vWPud-0hRTIKuReHQ/viewform?fbclid=IwAR0zJW2ACrJcq-qGpIM8oWeA9sSFqwS9DhCZqn7BHi84AenFFhZAx174GZM">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIgVUDgQ5eompzTZnH695cz-44giMf-vWPud-0hRTIKuReHQ/viewform?fbclid=IwAR0zJW2ACrJcq-qGpIM8oWeA9sSFqwS9DhCZqn7BHi84AenFFhZAx174GZM</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Korie Jones Buerkle<br>
Assistant Library Director | Children’s Librarian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Newberg Public Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office: 503 554 7734 | Children’s Desk: 503 537 0304<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">She, her, hers</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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