Lindsey Quigley-Johnson Youth anbd Community Services Librarian Creswll Library
Here’s a PDF for the complete list for all grade level divisions, or visit the ORCA page on the OLA website for slide decks, printable spine labels, and more information about ORCA.
The ORCA committee also needs your help suggesting books to be considered for next year. This Nomination Formis open through the end of December for any students or adults who work in an Oregon school and/or library. All students in grades 3-12 who read or listen to at least two of the books will qualify to vote in March-April, 2024.
What makes a great nomination? The ORCA Committee strives to select well-rounded lists featuring books that are of high quality and interest to their readers and represent diversity in perspective, authorship, and content. Books can be part of a series, but ideally, it will be the first in the sequence. Additionally, the book must have been first published in the United States in 2022 and readily available.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to the ORCA Committee at orca@olaweb.org!
Mock Printzers – the day is coming! The 2023 OYAN Oregon Mock Printz event is coming up from 12-4:30 p.m. Saturday, January 14 at Salem Public Library (585 Liberty St. SE) and on Zoom. Participants should be preparing by readings the following 8 books from 2022:
Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality by Eliot Schrefer
Squire by Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
High Spirits by Camille Gomera-Tavarez
A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee
If you plan to come, but haven’t signed up just yet (each library worker and teen should sign up separately) – there is still time: https://bit.ly/OR-MockPrintz2023
Beyond reading, participants should be prepared to:
Share their thoughts about the books and defend their favorites
Enjoy an intense, joy-filled afternoon with other readers
Vote until we find our Oregon Mock Printz winner and honor books!
Snacks are available for everyone; teen participants get to take home ARC copies of books from the last few years!
For those attending in person at Salem Public Library:
Parking is currently free in the library parkade, which you enter off Liberty Street.
The Anderson Rooms are on the lower level of the library and can be reached via the elevator or stairs in the middle of the building.
Discuss with us! The Oregon Young Adult Network is inviting teen readers and adults who work with teens in libraries to share a very marvelous experience!
It is called the 2023 Oregon Mock Printz. What do we do? We find and read 8 outstanding books from 2022 and then spend an afternoon in an intensive discussion of those books. Then we vote which is most likely to be a contender for the 2023 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature.
It is free and open any teen or adult who works with teens and it is SO MUCH FUN.
When: 12-4:30 p.m. Saturday, January 14
THIS IS A HYBRID EVENT
In person: Salem Public Library, 585 Liberty St. SE
A little note about the Teen Readers – I encourage you to ask around! For the right teens, I can tell you from experience that this event is MAGICAL. It takes preparation because of the pre-reading, yet introduces readers to some excellent books and offers them a chance to meet and talk with other extreme book nerds. It is SOOO worth the time and effort to those readers.
I have created a couple of images that might help you promote this with your teen readers!
Transportation can be a challenge. I will share two thoughts – first, although I’m not allowed to drive teens, Salem has had a parent who was willing to drive and wait for the kids year after year (clearly, he also had fun); second, there is a virtual option and teens can join solo from their homes or as a group from your library if you’re willing to arrange.
If you need help brainstorming solutions, reach out. Teen readers enrich the Mock Printz greatly and they are enriched by it as well!
Nominations are coming in for the 2023 Book Rave – but we need more! Have you read any great YA books (for middle school and high school readers) published between November 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022?
Here are the books that have been nominated so far. If you look at this list and think, “Wait! Why hasn’t (fill in the blank) been nominated?” Then feel free to nominate it!
Scout’s Honor (Lily Anderson)
Dauntless (Elisa A. Bonnin)
Not Good for Maidens (Tori Bovalino)
A Thousand Steps into Night (Traci Chee)
Does My Body Offend You? (Mayra Cuevas and Marie Marquardt)
The Fae Keeper (H.E. Edgmon)
Problem Solvers: 15 Innovative Women Engineers and Coders (P.J. Hoover)
Together We Burn (Isabel Ibañez
The Weight of Blood (Tiffany D. Jackson)
Kiss & Tell (Adib Khorram)
The Honeys (Ryan La Sala)
Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman (Kristen R. Lee)
Only a Monster (Vanessa Len)
Family of Liars (E. Lockhart)
Inaugural Ballers (Andrew Maraniss)
Lakelore (Anna-Maria McLemore)
I Kissed Shara Wheeler (Casey McQuiston)
Lord of the Fly Fest (Goldy Moldavsky)
Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor’s Life (Marilyn Nelson)
Ain’t Burned All the Bright (Jason Reynolds)
Omar Rising (Aisha Saeed)
Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality (Eliot Schrefer)
I Must Betray You (Ruta Sepetys)
All My Rage (Sabaa Tahir)
High Spirits (Camille Tavarez-Gomera)
Hotel Magnifique (Emily J. Taylor)
The Bone Spindle (Leslie Vedder)
Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
On the Subject of Unmentionable Things (Julia Walton)
Hell Followed with Us (Andrew Joseph White)
Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler (Ibi Zoboi)
Couple of notes:
So far, we have no nominations for Oregon authors/settings. We do need at least two for the final list!
We are pretty light on middle grade titles. If you know and love some, add them!
This list does NOT include graphic novels. Graphic novels get their own OYAN Graphic Rave List.
Otherwise, there are not a ton of rules. We are looking to create a list of 20 good books written for and marketed to teen readers (middle school and high school).
Questions? Reach out to Book Rave coordinator Sonja Somerville at ssomerville@cityofsalem.net.
Looking for suggestions for great Graphic Novels for your teen readers? The Oregon Young Adult Network has got you.
The 2022 OYAN Graphic Rave is available now to download and use at your library! Use as a buying guide, as a booklist for teens, and more. Print as many as you like for your patrons!
The graphic novels on this list were published between March 1, 2021 and April 30, 2022. Titles were nominated by teens and library staff in Oregon. OYAN members voted to select the 19 titles on the list and worked to create a balanced list that includes a variety of genres and diverse titles. To learn more about how the annual Graphic Rave comes together and to access past lists, visit the OYAN website.
The books on this list were published between November 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021. Titles were nominated by teens and library staff in Oregon. OYAN members voted to select the titles on the list and worked to create a balanced list that includes a variety of genres and diverse titles. Learn more about the annual Book Rave and access past lists on the OYAN website.
Teens, please fill out this survey to vote for your favorite Manga to be included in the 2022 Graphic Rave MANGA. Librarians and teachers, pleaseshare this surveywith your teens (11-18 yrs) who read manga.
Teens, every year, librarians around the state of Oregon work to select some of the best comics and manga to read for teens. We would especially like to hear from teens and tweens about your favorite Manga published between March 1, 2021 and April 30, 2022. We have some nominated titles below and would like to know which of these books you liked the most.
Voting will continue for the next few weeks. The Manga with the most votes will likely be included in our annual graphic rave list that is published in the Fall.
Graphic Rave is an annual manga and graphic novels list produced by the members of the Oregon Young Adult Network. Books nominated should be written and marketed for readers of middle and high school age (generally 6th-12th grade) and be published between March 1, 2021and April 30, 2022.
Nominations will be collected May-June. Members will then be invited to vote on the nominated books through midsummer, narrowing the list to approximately 20 OYAN Graphic Rave selections. The list is further discussed at the summer meeting of the Oregon Young Adult Network.
The graphic novels on this list were published between March 1, 2020 and April 30, 2021. Titles were nominated by teens and library staff in Oregon. OYAN members voted to select the 19 titles on the list and worked to create a balanced list that includes a variety of genres and diverse titles. Learn more about the annual Graphic Rave and access past lists on the OYAN website.
Do you like young adult books? Do you like to talk? Want to talk about young adult books? Let’s do it!
The 2022 Mock Printz, hosted by the Oregon Young Adult Network, is free and open to teens and adults who work with teens.
1-5 p.m Saturday, January 22 | On Zoom
What do we do? We find and read 8 outstanding books from 2021 and then spend an afternoon in an intensive discussion of those books. Then we vote which is most likely to be a contender for the 2022 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature.
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros – A haunting, Jewish, queer historical fantasy where dreams meet nightmares in 1893 Chicago
All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O’Donoghue – A Irish schoolgirl delving into a talent for tarot reading is pulled through the edges of reality
The Burning: Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 adapted by Hilary Beard from the book by Tim Madigan – Absorbs the reader in the moment and impact of one of the worst acts of racial violence in America’s history
When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez – A searing novel in verse lays bare the joys and pain of a first-generation Puerto Rican growing up in Bushwick
Incredible Doom by Matthew Bogart and Jesse Holden – Return to the 90s in a graphic novel connecting three teens on the fringe through newfangled Internet technology
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley – Daunis Fontaine goes undercover for the FBI, seeking answers about a murder and her place in her Ojibwe community
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo – A tender, risky first love blooms between Lily and Kath in San Francisco’s 1954 Chinatown
In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner – Deep roots in Appalachia pull at Cash even as he escapes to a new prep-school life in Connecticut and comes into his own as a poet
3) Join us from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, January 22 on Zoom. Information will be emailed to all registered participants as The Big Day approaches.
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