ORCA 2024

​ORCA 2024 Nominees for Grades 3-5

• Amina's Song by Hena Khan
  
• Clash by Kayla Miller
  
• The House that Wasn't There by Elana Arnold
  
• Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm
  
• Lotería by Karla Arenas Valenti
  
• Stamped (for Kids ): racism, antiracism and you Adaptedby Sonja Cherry-Paul from Jason Reyolds and Ibram X. Kendi
  
• Once Upon a Camel by Kathi Appelt
  
• When Life Gives You Lemons Make Peach Pie by Erin Soderberg Downing
  

​ORCA 2024 Nominees for Grades 6-8

• Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
  
• Katie the Catsitter (Book 1) by Colleen A.F. Venable and Stephanie Yue
  
• The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
  
• Linked by Gordon Korman
  
• RE: Constitutions: connecting citizens with the rules of the game by Beka Feathers
  
• Soul Lanterns by Shaw Kuzki, translated by Emily Balistrieri
  
• Starfish by Lisa Fipps
  
• Yusef Azeem is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi
  

​ORCA 2024 Nominees for Grades 9-12

• Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
  
• The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
  
• Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
  
• The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould
  
• Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
  
• Incredible Doom by Matthew Bogart
  
• In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner
  
• Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
  

Author

Nick Caum (he/him/his)
Library Director
Creswell Library

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