Welcome to the Otter Creek Media Center. Please visit this website often as a way to keep up with new materials, resources, and events at the library.
“It is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out. The library is the heart of the school, and without a librarian it is but an empty shell.” Jarrett J. Krosoczka author and illustrator
Scholastic Book Fair
The Scholastic Book Fair is scheduled to be held from Friday, January 31, 2025 to Friday, February 7, 2025. On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, the fair will be opened after school from 3:30-5:30, along with the science fair. If you want to shop the fair online or set up an eWallet account for your student, go to our Scholastic Book Fair website at https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/ottercreekmiddleschool1
Award Winner
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess
Jeff Kinney
Coming this November of 2024
Young Hoosier Books
2024-2025
Air
By Monica Roe
The Clackity
By Lora Senf
The Golden Hour
By Nikki Smith
Grounded for All Eternity
By Darcy Marcks
In the Key of Us
By Mariama Lockington
Invisible
By Christian Diaz Gonzalez
The Last Beekeeper
By Pablo Cartaya
Lines of Courage
By Jennifer Nielsen
The Lost Year
By Katherine Marsh
Maizy Chen’s Last Chance
By Lisa Yee
The Marvellers
By Dhonielle Clayton
Plotting the Stars: Moongarden
By Michelle Barry
Queen of the Tiles
By Hanna Alkef
Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls
By James Bird
Serwa Boateng’s Guide to Vampire Hunting
By Roseanne Brown
Shot Clock
By Caron Butler and Jason Reynolds
Swim Team
By Johnnie Christmas
Tumble
By Celia Perez
What about Will?
By Ellen Hopkins
When the World was Ours
By Liz Kessler
Media Center Resources
James Patterson’s Read Kiddo Read Website. Gives age appropriate book recommendations to parents for students who don’t like to read. For more information click here.
The Ask Rose Homework Help Hotline is a free math and science tutoring service for Indiana students in grades 6-12. If you need help call 1-877-Ask-Rose, Sunday-Thursday, 7:00 pm-10:00 pm. Students may also go online for help. Visit Site.
2024-2025 OCMS Library Helpers!
For more information on how to become a library helper, contact Ms. Whitlock.
If you wish to participate in the Battle of the Books this year, please read 10 of the Young Hoosier Books by December of 2024.
