- Athey Creek Middle
- ORCA
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2021 - 2022 ORCA Nominees
Grades 6-8:
- The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
- Free Lunch by Rex Ogle
- Sal & Gabi Break the Universe (Sal and Gabi #1) by Carlos Hernandez
- I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day
- Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee
- Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
- Some Places More Than Others by Renee Watson
- Words on Fire by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Grades 9-12:
- Butterfly Yellow by Thanhha Lai
- The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe
- Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki with illustrations by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
- Lovely War by Julie Berry
- On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
- Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
- Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Grades 3-5:
- The Chupacabras of the Rio Grande (The Unicorn Rescue Society #4) by Adam Gidwitz and David Bowles with illustrations by Hatem Aly
- Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
- Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis with Traci Sorell
- Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
- Stargazing by Jen Wang
- The Strangers (The Greystone Secrets #1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Two Truths and a Lie: Forces of Nature by Ammi-Joan Paquette and Laurie Ann Thompson
- The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander with illustrations by Kadir Nelson