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Texas Lone Star Reading List

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Firegold

Dia Calhoun Sunburst Paperbacks

Thirteen-year-old Jonathon, feared and hated by the brown-eyed Valley people because of his blue eyes, tries to find answers to his true identity in the Red...

American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
IRA Young Adult Choices
Booklist Editors' Choice
Texas Lone Star Reading List

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The Floating Island

The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme (#1 of 5)

Elizabeth Haydon Starscape

Charles Magnus Ven Polypheme—known as Ven—is the youngest son of a long line of famous shipwrights. He dreams not of building ships, but of sailing them to...

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Book Sense Children's Pick
Texas Lone Star Reading List

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Stuck on Earth

David Klass Frances Foster Books

Ketchvar III’s mission is simple: travel to Planet Earth, inhabit the body of an average teenager, and determine if the human race should be annihilated. And...

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Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
Texas Lone Star Reading List
Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award Master List

Kirkus Reviews
New York Times
Publishers Weekly
School Library Journal

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Chance Fortune and the Outlaws

The Adventures of Chance Fortune (#1 of 2)

Shane Berryhill Starscape

For as long as he can remember, fourteen-year-old Joshua Blevins has wanted to be a superhero. He has the brains, the passion, and the heart. There’s only one...

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Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library
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Home, and Other Big, Fat Lies

Jill Wolfson Henry Holt and Co.

The new novel from Jill Wolfson—an exciting, fresh voice in middle-grade fiction Whitney has been in so many foster homes that she can give a complete...

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IRA Children's Book Award Notable Book
NYPL Book for Reading and Sharing
Kansas State Reading Circle
Texas Lone Star Reading List

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Phoenix Rising

Karen Hesse Square Fish

An accident at a nuclear power plant ignites a story of loss, love, and courage.

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American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
American Library Association Notable Children's Books
IRA Teachers' Choices
IRA Young Adult Choices
Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
Arizona Young Readers' Award
South Carolina Children's Book Award
Texas Lone Star Reading List

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The Sweetheart of Prosper County

Jill S. Alexander Square Fish

Austin is tired of standing at the curb and watching the parade pass her by. Literally.

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New York Charlotte Award Master List
Texas Lone Star Reading List

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Publishers Weekly
School Library Journal

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The Adoration of Jenna Fox

The Jenna Fox Chronicles (#1 of 3)

Mary E. Pearson Square Fish

She wasn’t supposed to survive the accident.But she did.

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IRA Young Adult Choices
Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
NYPL Stuff for the Teen Age
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
California Young Reader Medal Master List
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens
Indiana Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
Kentucky Blue Grass Award Master List
Maine Student Book Award Master List
Missouri Truman Readers Award Master List
Oklahoma Sequoyah Young Adult Book Award Master List
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Master List
Texas Lone Star Reading List
Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List
Washington Evergreen Award Master List
Washington Evergreen YA Book Award Master List

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The Black Book of Secrets

F. E. Higgins Square Fish

“I have a dreadful confession . . .” A pawnbroker of secrets and his young assistant hold the key to unlocking the mystery behind a village’s evil tyrant in...

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Book Sense Children's Pick
Booklist Editors' Choice
Hawaii Nene Book Award Master List
Texas Lone Star Reading List

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Dark Water Rising

Marian Hale Square Fish

With the entire city under water, will Seth and his family make it out alive?

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IRA Teachers' Choices
Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library
Indiana Young Hoosier Award Master List
New Mexico Land of Enchantment Master List
Tennessee Intermediate Volunteer State Book Award Master List
Texas Lone Star Reading List
Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List
VT Green Mountain Book Award Master List

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Whirligig

Paul Fleischman Square Fish

A terrible accident ends one life, but is just the beginning for another. . . .

Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library
Golden Kite Award
New Mexico Land of Enchantment
Texas Lone Star Reading List
Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award
Washington Evergreen Award

Booklist
Publishers Weekly
School Library Journal

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The Possibilities of Sainthood

Donna Freitas Square Fish

Two boys. One girl. A first kiss. And a secret wish for . . . sainthood?

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Society of School Librarians International Book Award Honor Book
An Indie Next Kids' List Great Read
Booklist Top 10 Religious Books for Youth
VOYA Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers
Texas Lone Star Reading List

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Horn Book
Kirkus Reviews
Publishers Weekly
School Library Journal

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You Don't Know Me

David Klass Square Fish

"A rewarding an dimportant message for all readers . . . Klass blazes past his previous literary efforts stylistically, introducing elements of magical realism...

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American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
IRA Young Adult Choices
IRA-CBC Children's Choices
Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library
Texas Lone Star Reading List

Booklist
Bulletin-Center for Children's Books
Horn Book
Kirkus Reviews
NCTE
New York Times
School Library Journal
VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)

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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

Jacqueline Kelly Square Fish

Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green...

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IRA Children's Book Award
IRA Teachers' Choices
Newbery Honor Book
CPL: Chicago Public Library Best of the Best
Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Choice Award Master List
North Carolina Young Adult Book Award
Texas Lone Star Reading List
TN YA Volunteer State Book Award ML
Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award Master List

Booklist
Bulletin-Center for Children's Books
Chicago Tribune
Horn Book
Kirkus Reviews
New York Times
Publishers Weekly
School Library Journal
Washington Post Book World

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My Louisiana Sky

Kimberly Willis Holt Square Fish

My Louisiana Sky is a 1998 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Honor Book for Fiction.

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American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
IRA Young Adult Choices
Boston Globe – Horn Book Award, Honor Books
Golden Kite Award
Louisiana Literary Award
New Mexico Land of Enchantment
Texas Lone Star Reading List

Booklist

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Keeper of the Night

Kimberly Willis Holt Square Fish

A powerful novel about family, grief, and strength from the award-winning author of When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

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American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
American Library Association Notable Children's Books
Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library
Texas Lone Star Reading List

Booklist
Bulletin-Center for Children's Books
Horn Book
Kirkus Reviews
New York Times
Publishers Weekly
School Library Journal
VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)

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Killer Pizza

Greg Taylor Square Fish

Combine monster-hunting with pizza making, and you have the perfect recipe for a killer summer!

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Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award Master List
Maine Student Book Award - 4th place
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Master List
Texas Lone Star Reading List
Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award Master List

Publishers Weekly
School Library Journal
VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)

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Diamond Willow

Helen Frost Square Fish

Using diamond-shaped poems, Helen Frost tells the moving story of Willow and her family.

Lion and the Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Poetry Honor Book
An Indie Next Kids' List Great Read
Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens
IN Eugene & Marilyn Glick IN Authors
Louisiana YR Choice Book Award Master List
North Carolina Children's Book Award Master List
Texas Lone Star Reading List
Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award Master List

Bulletin-Center for Children's Books
School Library Journal
VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)

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