Astor School

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Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award

2011-12 (3rd grade):

Calvin Coconut, Trouble Magnet by Graham Salisbury

Judy Moody and Stink: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt by Megan McDonald

Flight of the Phoenix by R.L. LaFevers

The Magical Ms. Plum by Bonny Becker

How Oliver Olson Changed the World by Claudia Mills

Nubs:The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine, and a Miracle by Brian Dennis

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ORCA Nominees for 2011-12:

JUNIOR DIVISION (Grades 4-6)

The Day-Glo Brothers by Chris Barton 

N.E.R.D.S by Michael Buckley                          

Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo

Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass

Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Perry

The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan

INTERMEDIATE DIVISION (Grades 7-8)

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

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Multnomah County Library Book Lists for Kids