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2004/2005 Lone Star Reading List

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A recommended reading list developed by public and school librarians from the Young Adult Round Table. The purpose of the list is to encourage students in grades 6, 7, or 8 to explore a variety of current books. The Lone Star List is intended for recreational reading, not to support a specific curriculum.

Picture Perfect	Elaine Alphin (Carolrhoda) Y FIC Alp
The Frog Princess	E. D. Baker (Bloomsbury) Y FIC Bak
The Steps	Rachel Cohn (Simon & Schuster) Y FIC Coh
High Heat	Carl Deuker (Houghton Mifflin) Y FIC Deu
The City of Ember	Jeanne DuPrau (Random House) Y FIC Dup
The Last Dog on Earth	Daniel Ehrenhaft (Delacorte Press) Y FIC Ehr
Once Upon a Marigold	Jean Ferris (Harcourt) Y FIC Fer
Begging for Change	Sharon Flake (Hyperion) Y FIC Fla
Losing Forever	Gayle Friesen (Kids Can Press) Y FIC Fri
The Goose Girl	Shannon Hale (Bloomsbury) J FIC Hal
The Sands of Time	Michael Hoeye (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) Y M Hoe
Skeleton Key	Anthony Horowitz (Philomel) Y FIC Hor
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup	Ron Koertge (Candlewick) Y FIC Koe
Eragon	Christopher Paolini (Knopf) Y FIC Pao
How Angel Peterson Got His Name	Gary Paulsen (Random House) J 921 Pa
The Boy Who Saved Baseball	John H. Ritter (Philomel) Y FIC Rit
Brainboy and the Deathmaster	Tor Seidler (HarperCollins) J FIC Sei
Full Tilt	Neal Shusterman (Simon & Schuster) Y FIC Shu
Surviving the Applewhites	Stephanie S. Tolan (HarperCollins) Y FIC Tol
Heir Apparent	Vivian Vande Velde (Harcourt) Y FIC Van

For more information about this award visit the Lone Star Reading List Web page.

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