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2021 Tayshas Top Ten Reading List
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The Tayshas High School Reading List, from the Texas Library Association, encourages reading for pleasure and is aimed at students in grades 9-12. Each year, books exploring a variety of topics, reading tastes, & maturity levels are chosen by a committee of school & public librarians from across Texas. The Tayshas Top Ten is selected from the titles receiving a unanimous vote in the initial voting process.
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Three Things I Know Are True
by Betty Culley
Liv's life is so different since her brother accidently shot himself in the head at his best friend's house. Now the living room houses his hospital bed and all his equipment that is keeping him alive. Liv is not ready to let her brother go.
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Golden Arm
by Carl Deuker
When his pitching talents land him a spot on a wealthier team where he has a chance to be drafted into the majors, a teen navigating poverty and a speech challenge struggles with leaving behind a brother who is increasingly influenced by drug gangs.
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Grown
by Tiffany D. Jackson
When legendary R&B artist Korey Fields spots Enchanted Jones at an audition, her dreams of being a famous singer take flight. Until Enchanted wakes up with blood on her hands and zero memory of the previous night. Who killed Korey Fields? Before there was a dead body, Enchanted's dreams had turned into a nightmare. Because behind Korey's charm and star power was a controlling dark side. Now he's dead, the police are at the door, and all signs point to Enchanted.
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The Grace Year
by Kim Liggett
Tierney James, sixteen, struggles to endure the year in which she and other young women are banished to the wild until, purified, the survivors are allowed to return home and marry.
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The Hive
by Barry Lyga
In a future where online comments are monitored by the Hive and are met with terrible consequences, Cassie is forced to go on the run after she posts an edgy joke.
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Killing November
by Adriana Mather
Enrolled at the Academy Absconditi, a boarding school for future assassins, spies, and strategists, November finds few allies and serious trouble when she is falsely accused of murdering a fellow classmate.
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If These Wings Could Fly
by Kyrie McCauley
A metaphorical tribute to the power of sisterhood in the face of domestic violence follows the experiences of a teen whose community ignores her father’s escalating behavior, which forces her to choose between her college ambitions and her siblings.
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What Unbreakable Looks Like
by Kate McLaughlin
Unable to feel completely safe in a relative’s home after being rescued from a sex-trafficking operation, Lex navigates complicated self-esteem issues before a sexual assault catapults her into the spotlight, where she must confront her past to save others.
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The Liar's Daughter
by Megan Cooley Peterson
Desperate to escape deprogramming after being rescued from a cult, seventeen-year-old Piper wants to rejoin her family, but the truth about that family, her past, and herself cannot be denied.
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Frankly in Love
by David Yoon
Torn between his love for his white girlfriend and his sense of duty to the matchmaking parents who made hard sacrifices to move to the United States, a Korean American teen looks for solutions along with a friend who has a similar problem.
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