The 2021 ORCA Upper Elementary School (Grades 3-5) winner is Front Desk by Kelly Yang.
The 2021-22 ORCA Upper Elementary School (Grades 3-5) Division nominees are:
- 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
Oregon Reader's Choice Award 