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2015 Lone Star Reading List
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The Crossover
by Kwame Alexander
A middle-grade novel in verse follows the experiences of twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan, who struggle with challenges on and off the court while their father ignores his declining health.
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Buzz Kill
by Beth Fantaskey
In this fresh and funny teen mystery, 17-year-old Millie joins forces with her classmate, gorgeous but mysterious Chase Albright, to try to discover who murdered head football coach "Hollerin' Hank" Killdare—and why. Simultaneous eBook.
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A Blind Spot for Boys
by Justina Chen
Falling for a cute lacrosse player after a devastating breakup, 16-year-old Shana is heartbroken when she learns that her father is losing his sight, a tragedy which prompts a family vacation that strengthens and tests her bond with her new beau. By the author of Return to Me. Simultaneous eBook.
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Unbreakable
by Kami Garcia
"Seventeen-year-old Kennedy Waters discovers she is a member of an ancient secret society formed to protect the world from a powerful demon determined to find a way out of his dimension and into ours. She joins the Legion on a mission to find a weapon that can defeat the demon"
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There Will be Bears
by Ryan Gebhart
Sneaking his roughneck grandfather out of a nursing home so that they can share an elk-hunting trip, 13-year-old Tyson ventures into the Grand Tetons only to discover that his grandfather may not be healthy enough for the journey. A first novel.
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Forget Me
by Kim Harrington
Posting a photo of her recently deceased boyfriend on her social networking page only to learn that another boy who looks exactly like him lives in a nearby town, Morgan uncovers secrets that implicate her parents and community. Simultaneous eBook.
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Tut : The Story of My Immortal Life
by P. J. Hoover
Granted the gift of immortality by the gods, King Tut, living as an eighth-grader in Washington, D.C., has been stuck in middle school for ages and to make things worse, evil General Horemheb, in league with the Cult of Set, is seeking revenge for his 3,000-year imprisonment at Tut's hands
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The Great Trouble : A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel
by Deborah Hopkinson
A tale set against a backdrop of the mid-19th-century London cholera epidemic follows the survival efforts of a young orphan who supports himself by selling scavenged items from a polluted River Thames and who helps a pioneering doctor identify the source of the virulent disease. By the award-winning author of Sky Boys.
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The Nethergrim
by Matthew Jobin
When the disappearances of animals and then children reveal the return of the evil Nethergrim who was defeated by a heroic knight and wizard duo decades earlier, young magic student Edmund runs away with his friends to battle the monster and save his missing brother.
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The great Greene Heist
by Varian Johnson
When his ex-girlfriend and an ill-intentioned rival with ties to the principal run for school president, reformed con artist Jackson Greene secretly assembles a crack team to ensure the election is run fairly, an effort that is complicated by Jackson's enduring feelings for his ex. Simultaneous eBook.
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Proxy
by Alex London
Born into one of the City's wealthiest families and paired with a Proxy named Syd, who endures punishments for Knox's misdeeds, Knox discovers that he has more in common with Syd than either of them previously understood when his father's manipulations prompt a cross-country chase that forces the boys to save each other.
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The Fire Wish
by Amber Lough
Training to be a spy in the war against humans, jinni Najwa is captured by a girl who seeks to escape an unwanted marriage by making a fateful wish that unexpectedly causes the two to switch lives and live among adversaries who would kill them if they are discovered. Simultaneous eBook.
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In the After
by Demitria Lunetta
In a post-apocalyptic world where nothing is as it seems, seventeen-year-old Amy and Baby, a child she found while scavenging, struggle to survive while vicious, predatory creatures from another planet roam the Earth
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The Boundless
by Kenneth Oppel
Aboard "The Boundless," the greatest train ever built, on its maiden voyage across Canada, teenaged Will enlists the aid of a traveling circus to save the train from villains
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The Kiss of Deception
by Mary Pearson
A debut entry in a new trilogy by the author of the Jenna Fox Chronicles introduces Princess Lia, who flees an unwanted marriage and expectations about her supernatural legacy only to be pursued by her jilted fiancé and a ruthless assassin.
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The Haunting of Gabriel Ashe
by Dan Poblocki
Since eighth-grader Gabriel Ashe moved into his grandmother's house he has been spending a lot of time playing in the woods with his new friend Seth, but the games Seth invents involve a child-eating monster called the Hunter, and Gabriel is not sure how much is imaginary and how much is real.
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Steelheart
by Brandon Sanderson
At age eight, David watched as his father was killed by an Epic, a human with superhuman powers, and now, ten years later, he joins the Reckoners--the only people who are trying to kill the Epics and end their tyranny
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The Port Chicago 50 : Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
by Steve Sheinkin
The Newbery Award-winning and National Book Award finalist author of Bomb presents an account of the 1944 civil rights protest involving hundreds of African-American Navy servicemen who were unjustly charged with mutiny for refusing to work in unsafe conditions after the deadly Port Chicago explosion.
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Popular : Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek
by Maya van Wagenen
Documents a high school student's year-long attempt to change her social status from that of a misfit to a member of the "in" crowd by following advice in a 1950s popularity guide, an experiment that triggered embarrassment, humor and unexpected surprises. A first book.
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The Thickety : A Path Begins
by J. A White
Shunned by villagers who convicted her mother of witchcraft years earlier, Kara is lured by an unusual bird into a forbidden magical forest where she discovers a strange book of unspeakable power that may have belonged to her mother. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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