Monday, November 12, 2007

TAYSHAS High School Reading List 2008-2009

The TAYSHAS list is a book list created for Texas High School students which reflect strong literary standards, recognizes the diversity of readers in Texas, offers a range of genres, recognizes values expressed in the Library Bill of Rights, has potential for teen pleasure reading, and considers various reading abilities.

It was a long, but incredibly enjoyable meeting this Saturday where we discussed the approximately 150 titles that were nominated for TAYSHAS and then voted it down to solid 60. Enjoy the list!!!

  • Alexie, Sherman - The Absolutely True Diarty of a Part-Time Indian
  • Anderson, Laurie Halse - Twisted
  • Barakat, Ibtisam - Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood
  • Beah, Ishmael - A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
  • Bingham, Kelly - Shark Girl
  • Brooks, Kevin - Being
  • Caine, Rachel - Glass Houses: The Morganville Vampires, Bk 1
  • Caletti, Deb - The Nature of Jade
  • Brooks, Kevin - Being
  • Castelluci, Cecil - Beige
  • Castelluci, Cecil - The Plain Janes
  • Cole, Stephen - Thieves Like Us
  • Collison, Linda - Star-Crossed
  • Compestine, Ying Chang - Revolution is Not a Dinner Party
  • Cooney, Caroline B. - Enter Three Witches
  • Crutcher, Chris - Deadline
  • Davis, Deborah - Not Like You
  • DeVita, James - The Silenced
  • Ellsworth, Loretta - In Search of Mockingbird
  • Frost, Helen - The Braid
  • Fullerton, Alma - Walking on Glass
  • Hale, Marian - Dark Water Rising
  • Harazin, S.A. - Blood Brothers
  • Hoffman, Alice - Incantation
  • Jansen, Hanna - Over a Thousand Hills I Walk With You
  • Johnson, Harriet McBryde - Accidents of Nature
  • Johnson, Maureen - Devilish
  • Kantor, Melissa - The Breakup Bible
  • Klein, Lisa - Ophelia: A Novel
  • Laskas, Gretchen Moran - The Miner's Daughter
  • Leavitt, Martine - Keturah and Lord Death
  • Lewis, Richard - The Killing Sea
  • Lipsyte, Robert - Raider's Night
  • Lyga, Barry - The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl
  • Marr, Melissa - Wicked Lovely
  • McCarthy, Cormac - The Road
  • McClintock, Norah - Tell
  • McNeal, Laura & Tom - The Decoding of Lana Morris
  • Moore, Perry - Hero: A Novel
  • Morgenroth, Kate - Echo
  • Moriarty, Jaclyn - The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie
  • Na, An - Wait for Me
  • Newbery, Linda - Set in Stone
  • Pausewant, Gudrun - Dark Hours
  • Peet, Mal - Tamar
  • Picoult, Jodi - Nineteen Minutes
  • Rabb, Margo - Cures for Heartbreak
  • Resau, Laura - Red Glass
  • Ryan, Darlene - Saving Grace
  • Sandell, Lisa Ann - Song of the Sparrow
  • Sandell, Lisa Ann - The Weight of the Sky
  • Setterfield, Diane - The Thirteenth Tale
  • Shivack, Nadia - Inside Out: Portrait of an Eating Disorder
  • Smith, Cynthia Leitich - Tantalize
  • Sonnenblick, Jordan - Notes From the Midnight Driver
  • Tharp, Tim - Knights of the Hill Country
  • Volponi, Paul - Rucker Park Setup
  • Vrettos, Adrienne Maria - Skin
  • Yeomans, Ellen - Rubber Houses
  • Zarr, Sara - Story of a Girl
  • Zevin, Gabrielle - Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

For the annotated list please visit TLA's Website.

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