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2005/2006 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.

The Game Of Sunken Places M.T. Anderson (Scholastic) Y FIC AND
Hawksong Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (Delacorte) Y FIC ATW
Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) Y FIC CHO
The Supernaturalist Eoin Colfer (Hyperion) Y SCF COL
The Wish List Eoin Colfer (Hyperion) Y FIC COL
Lion Boy Zizou Corder (Puffin Books) J FIC COR
Iqbal Francesco D’Adamo (Atheneum) Y FIC DAD
The Sea Of Trolls Nancy Farmer (Atheneum) Y FIC FAR
Eager Helen Fox (Lamb Books) J SCF FOX
The Outcasts Of 19 Schuyler Place E.L. Konigsburg (Atheneum) Y FIC KON
Travel Team Mike Lupica (Philomel Books) Y FIC LUP
East Edith Pattou (Harcourt) Y FIC PAT
The Young Man And The Sea Rodman Philbrick (Blue Sky Press) J FIC PHI
Mortal Engines : A Novel Philip Reeve (HarperCollins) Y SCF REE
Letters From Wolfie Patti Sherlock (Viking) J FIC SHE
The Schwa Was Here Neal Shusterman (Dutton) Y FIC SHU
Truesight David Stahler Jr. (Eos) Y SCF STA
The Amulet Of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud (Hyperion) Y FIC STR
The Secret Hour Scott Westerfeld (Eos) Y FIC WES
Millicent Min, Girl Genius Lisa Yee (Arthur A. Levine Books) J FIC YEE

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

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