The Texas Lone Star Reading List [2] is a big deal in my part of town. The Lone Star list is a recreational reading list for students in 6th through 8th grades, announced at the end of each year. Although we won’t know what is officially on the list until November, we can take a look at all the nominated titles so far [3]and make our best guess of what might garner a Star. What books from the past year do you think have Star Power?
Sneak Peek: Some Lone Star Nominees
- The One and Only Ivan [4] by Katherine Applegate
- Every Other Day [5] by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different [6] by Karen Blumenthal
- Outlaw [7] by Stephen Davies
- Bewitching [8] by Alex Flinn
- Spy School [9] by Stuart Gibbs
- The Obsidian Blade [10] by Pete Hautman
- The Lions of Little Rock [11] by Kristin Levine
- Under the Mesquite [12] by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
- The Inquisitor’s Apprentice [13] by Chris Moriarty
- An Elephant in the Garden [14] by Michael Morpurgo
- The False Prince [15] by Jennifer A. Nielsen
- Liesl & Po [16] by Lauren Oliver
- Miles to Go for Freedom: Segregation and Civil Rights in the Jim Crow Years [17] by Linda Barrett Osborne
- Wonder [18] by R.J. Palacio
- Ripper [19] by Stefan Petrucha
- Cold Cereal [20] by Adam Rex
- The Boy on Cinnamon Street [21]by Phoebe Stone
- Island’s End [22] by Padma Venkatraman
- Partials [23] by Dan Wells
Flickr CC [24]: Texas Star [25] Photo by: mikecogh [26]
- Teens [27]
