Cedar Mill Libraries proudly support our local Oregon Battle of the Book participants!

Oregon Battle of the Books is a statewide reading program sponsored by the Oregon Association of School Libraries.  OBOB celebrates a love of reading and supports good sportsmanship while motivating young people to broaden their reading experience and increase their reading comprehension.  Reader teams in 3rd through 12th grades compete in local and regional battles before moving on to the state tournament in March.

More on the OBOB website

This year’s State Battle Books:

GRADES 3 - 5 DIVISION

BEAUTY by Bill Wallace  (Realistic Fiction)

THE BFG by Roald Dahl (Fantasy)

BUD, NOT BUDDY by Christopher Paul Curtis (Historical Fiction)

EMMY AND THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING RAT by Lynne Jonell (Mystery/Fantasy)

ESPERANZA RISING by Pam Munoz Ryan (Historical Fiction)

THE FROG PRINCESS by E.D. Baker (Fantasy)

GREGOR THE OVERLANDER by Suzanne Collins (Fantasy)

HONUS AND ME: A BASEBALL CARD ADVENTURE by Dan Gutman (Science Fiction)

IGRAINE THE BRAVE by Cornelia Funke (Fantasy)

IRON THUNDER: THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC by Avi (Historical Fiction)

LEONARDO DA VINCI by Mary Pope Osborne  (Non-fiction)

MARLEY: A DOG LIKE NO OTHER by John Grogan (Non-fiction)

THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY by Trenton Lee Stewart (Mystery)

NO TALKING by Andrew Clements (Realistic Fiction)

PIPER REED, NAVY BRAT by Kimberly Willis Holt (Realistic Fiction)

SOCKS by Beverly Cleary (Realistic Fiction/Classic)

GRADES 6 - 8 DIVISION

ADAM CANFIELD OF THE SLASH by Michael Winerip (Mystery/Realistic Fiction)

THE ALCHEMYST: THE SECRETS OF THE IMMORTAL NICHOLAS FLAMEL by Michael Scott (Fantasy)

ANY SMALL GOODNESS: A NOVEL OF THE BARRIO by Tony Johnston (Realistic Fiction)

THE BREADWINNER by Deborah Ellis (Realistic Fiction)

CHINESE CINDERELLA: THE TRUE STORY OF AN UNWANTED DAUGHTER by Adeline Yen Mah (Non-fiction/Biography)

DRAGON’S KEEP by Janet Lee Carey (Fantasy)

FOUND by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Science Fiction) 

MAXIMUM RIDE: THE ANGEL EXPERIMENT by James Patterson (Science Fiction)

THE PLAIN JANES by Cecil Castellucci (Realistic Fiction)

RANGER’S APPRENTICE: THE RUINS OF GORLAN by John Flanagan (Realistic Fiction)

SCHOOLED by Gordon Korman (Realistic Fiction)

SO B. IT: A NOVEl by Sarah Weeks (Realistic Fiction)

TRAPPED BETWEEN THE LASH AND THE GUN: A BOY’S JOURNEY by Arvella Whitmore (Historical Fiction)

THE WEDNESDAY WARS by Gary D. Schmidt (Historical Fiction)

THE WILD GIRLS by Pat Murphy (Historical Fiction)

ZEN AND THE ART OF FAKING IT by Jordan Sonnenblick (Realistic Fiction)

GRADES 9 - 12 DIVISION

ACCELERATION by Graham McNamee (Mystery/Thriller)

ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND; AND THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS by Lewis Carroll (Fantasy/Classic)

AMERICAN BORN CHINESE by Gene Luen Yang (Fantasy/Graphic Novel)

THE BOOK OF FRED by Abby Bardi (Realistic Fiction)

THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak (Historical Fiction)

BOY’S LIFE by Robert McCammon (Mystery/Fantasy)

DEATHWATCH by Robb White (Adventure/Survival)

DREAMLAND: A NOVEL by Sarah Dessen (Realistic Fiction)

FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury  (Science Fiction/Classic)

FAREWELL TO MANZANAR by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston (Non-fiction)

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LARRY by Janet Tashjian (Realistic Fiction)

THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins (Science Fiction)

LIFE AS WE KNEW IT by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Science Fiction)

A LONG WAY GONE: MEMOIRS OF A BOY SOLDIER by Ismael Beah (Non-fiction)

NINETEEN MINUTES: A NOVEL by Jodi Picoult (Realistic Fiction)

WICKED LOVELY by Melissa Marr (Fantasy)