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.
| Gideon The Cutpurse: Being the First Part of the Gideon Trilogy |
Linda Buckley-Archer (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing) |
| The Lambkins |
Eve Bunting (Joanna Cotler) Y FIC BUN |
| Avalon High |
Meg Cabot (Harper Collins Publishers) FIC CAB |
| I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You |
Ally Carter (Hyperion) |
| Warrior Heir |
Cinda Williams Chima (Hyperion Books for Children.) Y FIC CHI |
| Black Tattoo |
Sam Enthoven (Razorbill) |
| Shug |
Jenny Han (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) |
| Airball: My Life in Briefs |
Lisa Harkrader (Roaring Brook Press) Y FIC HAR |
| La Linea |
Ann Jaramillo (Roaring Brook Press) Y FIC JAR |
| Born to Rock |
Gordon Korman (Hyperion Books for Children) |
| Black Duck |
Janet Taylor Lisle (Sleuth/Philomel) Y FIC LIS |
| Heat |
Mike Lupica (Philomel Books) Y FIC LUP |
| Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life |
Wendy Mass (Little, Brown & Company) |
| Shackleton’s Stowaway |
Victoria McKernan (Random House) Y FIC MAC |
| Out of Patience |
Brian Meehl (Delacorte) |
| Dairy Queen: A Novel |
Catherine Gilbert Murdock (Houghton Mifflin) Y FIC MUR |
| The Wizard, the Witch, and Two Girls from Jersey |
Lisa Papademetriou (Razorbill) |
| Notes from the Midnight Driver |
Jordan Sonnenblick (Scholastic Press) |
| Runaway |
Wendelin Van Draanen (Knopf Books for Young Readers) |
| Home, and Other Big, Fat Lies |
Jill Wolfson (Scholastic Press) |
