• Bauer, Joan. HOPE WAS HERE. Putnam, 2000.
  • Bruchac, Joseph. SKELETON MAN. HarperCollins, 2001.
  • Cabot, Meg. PRINCESS IN THE SPOTLIGHT. HarperCollins, 2001.
  • Calhoun, Dia. ARIA OF THE SEA. Winslow Press, 2000.
  • Colfer, Eoin. ARTEMIS FOWL. Hyperion/Talk Miramax, 2001.
  • Deuker, Carl. NIGHT HOOPSs. Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
  • Haddix, Margaret Peterson. AMONG THE IMPOSTERS. Simon & Schuster, 2001.
  • Hanley, Victoria. THE SEER AND THE SWORD. Holiday House, 2000.
  • Kindl, Patrice. GOOSE CHASE. Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
  • Klass, David. YOU DON'T KNOW ME. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux/Foster, 2001.
  • Konigsburg, E.L. SILENT TO THE BONE. Atheneum, 2000.
  • Koss, Amy Goldman. THE GIRLS. Dial, 2000.
  • Levine, Gail Carson. TWO PRINCESSES OF BAMARRE. HarperCollins, 2001.
  • Mikaelsen, Ben. TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR. HarperCollins, 2001.
  • Patneaude, David. HAUNTING AT HOME PLATE. Albert Whitman, 2000.
  • Peters, Julie Anne. DEFINE "NORMAL." Little Brown, 2000.
  • Philbrick, Rodman. THE LAST BOOK IN THE UNIVERSE. Scholastic/Blue Sky, 2000.
  • Williams, Laura E. THE EXECUTIONER'S DAUGHTER. Henry Holt, 2000.
  • Wolff, Virginia Euwer. TRUE BELIEVER. Atheneum, 2001.
  • Woodson, Jacqueline. MIRACLE'S BOYS. Putnam, 2000


The Texas Lone Star Reading List is a recommended reading list developed by public and school librarians from the Young Adult Round Table. The purpose of the list is to encourage students in grades 6, 7, or 8 to explore a variety of current books. The Lone Star List is intended for recreational reading, not to support a specific curriculum. Due to the diversity of this age range, Texas librarians should purchase titles on this list according to their individual collection policies. Each book on the list has been favorably reviewed for grades 6, 7, or 8 in a professional review source.
The Texas Library Association sponsors reading lists solely to encourage free voluntary reading.

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January 15, 2005
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