3rd to 5th Grade Division

• Better with Butter by Victoria Piontek – ISBN 9781338662214

• The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau – ISBN 9780375822742 – Please note this is the original novel, not the adapted graphic novel by the same name!

• Elf Dog and Owl Head by M. T. Anderson – ISBN 9781536235166

• Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein  – ISBN 9780307931474 — *Please note this is the original novel, not the adapted graphic novel by the same name!

• Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome – ISBN 9780823445820

• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen – ISBN 9781416936473 — *The questions for this specific title will be taken from the original text, not supplemental material. Any American edition of this book will prepare OBOBers for a battle, although page numbers may differ.

• Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lại – ISBN 9780061962790

• Just Like Click by Sandy Grubb – ISBN 9781646034390

• The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass – ISBN 9781250838834

• The Million Dollar Race by Matthew Ross Smith – ISBN 9781534420281

• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry – ISBN 9780547577098 — *The questions for this specific title will be taken from the original text, not supplemental material. Any American edition of this book will prepare OBOBers for a battle, although page numbers may differ.

• Odder by Katherine Applegate – ISBN 9781250147424 — *Please note this is the novel, not the author’s picture book by the same name! We are using the hardback edition as the paperback has only been published in the UK.

• The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow by Elaine Dimopoulos – ISBN 9781623545857

• The Secret Garden on 81st Street by Ivy Noelle Weir and Amber Padilla – ISBN 9780316459709

• Squished by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter – ISBN 9781338568936

• The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler – ISBN 9780763660208 — *Be sure you are purchasing a US version of this, as the UK version differs in some ways.

6th to 8th Grade Division

• Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi – ISBN 9781368023566

• Asha and the Spirit Bird by Jasbinder Bilan – ISBN 9781911490197

• Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede – ISBN 9780544541221 — *The questions for this specific title will be taken from the original text, not supplemental material. Any American edition of this book will prepare OBOBers for a battle, although page numbers may differ.

• A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln – ISBN 9780593533253

• Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee – ISBN 9781368014748

• Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass – ISBN 9780759556294

• The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers – ISBN 9781524764234

• Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín – ISBN 9780593462294

• An Occasionally Happy Family by Cliff Burke – ISBN 9780063286672

• Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II by Alan Gratz – ISBN 9780545880169 — *While a paperback edition of this book exists, it seems to be out of print and hard to locate, so we are using the readily-available hardback.

• Rain Rising by Courtne Comrie – ISBN 9780063159716

• Remember My Story by Claire Sarnowski and Sarah Durand – ISBN 9780316592895 — *There is a paperback scheduled to be released in June, but since we can’t guarantee that, we are using the hardback.

• Soar by Joan Bauer – ISBN 9780147513151

• Tagging Freedom by Rhonda Roumani – ISBN 9781454950721

• Tumble by Celia C. Pérez – ISBN 9780593325186

• Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back by Ruth Chan – ISBN 9781250855343