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Summer Reading 2023

Information on Selecting a Book for RamsRead '23

Oregon Battle of the Books - OBOB - List of all grade 9-12 titles, 2010-present.

TITLE Author OBOB YEAR
5th Wave, The Yancey, Rick 2016
57 Bus, The Slater, Dashka 2021
Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian Alexie, Sherman 2011
Acceleration McNamee, Graham 2010
Adoration of Jenna Fox, The Pearson, Mary 2011
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; and Through the Looking Glass Carroll, Lewis 2010
American Born Chinese Yang, Gene Luen 2010
Amulet of Samarkand, The Stroud , Jonathon 2012
Amulet of Samarkand, The Stroud, Jonathan 2018
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour Matson, Morgan 2012
Animal Farm Orwell, George 2011
Anna Dressed in Blood Blake, Kendare 2020
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Saenz, Benjamin Alire 2015
Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick Schreiber, Joe 2014
Audacity Crowder, Melanie 2020
Beastly Flinn, Alex 2011
Because You'll Never Meet Me Thomas, Leah 2019
Between Shades of Gray Sepetys, Ruta 2013
Blood Water Paint McCullough, Joy 2021
Bone Gap Ruby, Laura 2017
Bone Houses, The Lloyd-Jones, Emily 2021
Book of Fred, The Bardi, Abby 2010
Book Thief, The Zusak, Markus 2010
Boxers Yang, Gene Luen 2016
Boys in the Boat, The Brown, Daniel James 2016
Boy's Life McCammon, Robert 2010
Brave New World Huxley, Aldous 2017
Burn Baby Burn Medina, Meg 2019
Chains Anderson, Laurie Halse 2012
Challenger Deep Shusterman, Neal 2019
Charles Darwin's on the Origin of Species Keller, Michael 2011
Cinder Meyer, Marissa 2015
Code Name Verity Wein, Elizabeth 2015
Complete Persepolis, The Satrapi, Marjane 2013
Compound, The Bodeen, S.A. 2012
Copper Sun Draper, Sharon M. 2014
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, The Haddon, Mark 2012
Dairy Queen Murdock, Catherine 2014
Darius the Great is Not Okay Khorram, Adib 2021
Daughter of Smoke and Bone Taylor, Laini 2014
Deadline Crutcher, Chris 2015
Deathwatch White, Robb 2010
Delirium Oliver, Lauren 2015
Dirty Little Secrets Omololu, Cynthia Jaynes 2014
Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, The Lockhart, E. 2011
Dodger Pratchett, Terry 2016
Dreamland Dessen, Sarah 2010
Eleanor & Park Rowell, Rainbow 2015
Ellen Foster Gibbons, Kaye 2012
Ember in the Ashes, An Tahir, Sabaa 2017
Enchanted Kontis, Alethea 2016
Ender's Game Card, Orson Scott 2012
Every Day Levithan, David 2014
Everybody Sees the Ants King, A.S. 2014
Eyes of the Dragon, The King, Stephen 2012
Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury, Ray 2010
Far Far Away McNeal, Tom 2016
Farewell to Manzanar Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki 2010
Fault in Our Stars Green, John 2014
Girl Code Gonzales & Houser, Andrea & Sophie 2020
Girl of Fire and Thorns Carson, Rae 2018
Girl with All the Gifts, The Carey, M.R. 2017
Godless Hautman, Pete 2011
Gospel According to Larry, The Tashjiian, Janet 2010
Grave Mercy LaFevers, Robin 2014
Hate U Give, The Thomas, Angie 2019
Heist Society Carter, Ally 2019
Help, The Stockett, Kathryn 2012
Here Lies Arthur Reeve, Philip 2012
Hobbit, The Tolkien, J.R.R. 2013
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer McBride, Lish 2013
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Ford, Jamie 2016
Hound of the Baskervilles, the Doyle, Arthur Conan 2021
How It Went Down Magoon, Kekla 2017
Hunger Games, The Collins, Suzanne 2010
I am the Messenger Zusak, Markus 2013
I am the Weapon Zadoff, Allen 2017
I Will Always Write Back Alifirenka & Ganda, Caitlin & Martin 2019
If I Stay Forman, Gayle 2012
I'll Give You the Sun Nelson, Jandy 2017
Illuminae Kaufman & Kristoff, Amie & Jay 2021
Immortal Beloved Tiernan, Cate 2016
Indigo Notebook, The Resau, Laura 2018
Ink and Bone Caine, Rachel 2018
Invention of Wings Kidd, Sue Monk 2017
Just Mercy Stevenson, Bryan 2018
Knife of Never Letting Go, The Ness, Patrick 2021
Lesson Before Dying, A Gaines, Ernest J. 2019
Life As We Knew It Pfeffer, Susan Beth 2010
Living, The Pena, Matt De La 2016
Long Way Down Reynolds, Jason 2020
Long Way Gone, A Beah, Ishmael 2010
Love Letters of Abelard of Lily Creedle, Lauren 2020
Make Lemonade Wolff, Virginia 2011
Marcelo in the Real World Stork , Francisco 2013
Martian, The Weir, Andy 2017
Mary's Monster Judge, Lita 2020
Mister Pip Jones, Lloyd 2011
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore Sloan, Robin 2015
My Sister's Keeper Picoult, Jodi 2016
Name of the Star Johnson, Maureen 2015
Naming: the First Book of Pellinor Croggon, Alison 2011
Night Hoops Deuker, Carl 2013
Nineteen Minutes Picoult, Jodi 2010
Northern Light, A Donnelly, Jennifer 2020
Orphan Train Kline, Christina Baker 2016
Out of the Easy Sepetys, Ruta 2017
Outrun the Moon Lee, Stacey 2018
Paranormalcy White, Kiersten 2019
People of the Book Brooks, Geraldine 2011
Piercing Me Together Watson, Renee 2019
Please Ignore Vera Dietz King, A.S. 2015
Pregnancy Project Rodriguiz, Gaby 2014
Pride Zoboi, Ibi 2021
Rapture Practice Hartzler, Aaron 2017
Raven Boys, The Stiefvater, Maggie 2017
Ready Player One Cline, Ernest 2015
Rot & Ruin Maberry, Jonathan 2014
Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly, The Oakes, Stephanie 2018
Salt to the Sea Sepetys, Ruta 2019
Scarlet Pimpernel, The Orczy, Baroness 2016
Scythe Shusterman, Neal 2019
Secret Life of Bees Kidd, Sue Monk 2013
Seraphina Hartman, Rachel 2021
Serpent King, The Zentner, Jeff 2019
Ship Breaker Bacigalupi, Paolo 2013
Six of Crows Bardugo, Leigh 2020
Six Rules of Maybe, The Caletti, Deb 2013
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie Lubar, David 2011
Spare Parts Davis, Joshua 2018
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes Crutcher, Chris 2011
Steep and Thorny Way, The Winters, Cat 2018
Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik, The Arnold, David 2020
Strange the Dreamer Taylor, Laini 2020
Sun is Also a Star, The Yoon, Nicola 2020
Sunrise over Fallujah Myers , Walter Dean 2012
Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal Peet, Mal 2011
Tash Hearts Tolstoy Ormsbee, Kathryn 2021
They Both Die at the End Silvera, Adam 2021
Thirteen Reasons Why Asher, Jay 2011
This Mortal Coil Suvada, Emily 2020
Throne of Glass Maas, Sarah J. 2015
Trickster's Choice Pierce, Tamora 2013
Truly Devious Johnson, Maureen 2021
Uncaged Sanford, Michele Cook & John 2018
Unspoken Brennan, Sarah Rees 2019
Unwind Shusterman, Neal 2013
What I Saw and How I Lied Blundel, Judy 2011
When I Was the Greatest Reynolds, Jason 2018
Whistling Past the Graveyard Crandall, Susan 2015
Wicked Lovely Marr, Melissa 2010
Winterdance Paulsen, Gary 2014
Wrath and the Dawn, The Ahdieh, Renee 2018