1. 2013 Texas Lone Star Reading List A recommended reading list for 6 th -8 th grade students.

2. Shadow and Bone Try this book if you liked: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor Tiger’s Curse by Colleen Houck

3. Every Other Day Try this book if you liked: Paranormalcy by Kiersten White Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins Vampire Rising by James Henderson

4. Almost Home Try this book if you liked: Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor Paintings from the Cave by Gary Paulsen No Ordinary Day by Deborah Ellis

5. Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different Try this book if you liked: Bill Gates: Entrepreneur and Philanthropist by Jeanne M. Lesiniski Mr. Sam: how Sam Walton Built Walmart and became America’s Richest Man by Karen Blumenthal

6. How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous Try this book if you liked: Poop Happened! A History of the World from the Bottom Up by Sarah Albee You Wouldn’t Want to be Sick in the 16 th Century! Diseases You’d Rather Not Catch by Kathryn Senior

7. Planet Tad Try this book if you liked: The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger Middle School: The Worst Years of my Life by James Patterson Advice About School: Claudia Cristina Cortez Uncomplicates Your Life by Diana Gallagher

8. Outlaw: A Novel Try this book if you liked: Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz The Shadow Project by Herbie Brennan I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter

9. Bewitching Try this book if you liked: Sisters Red by Jackson Pierce Dead is the New Black by Marlene Perez Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer

10. Insignia Try this book if you liked: Brain Jack by Brian Falkner Epic by Conor Kostick H.I.V.E by Mark Walden

11. Keeping the Castle: A Tale of Romance, Riches, and Real Estate. Try this book if you liked: I was Jane Austen’s Best Friend by Cora Harrison Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman In Mozart’s Shadow by Carolyn Meyer

12. The Lions of Little Rock Try this book if you liked: The Watsons Go to Birmingham- 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes Remember Little Rock: the Time, the People, the Stories by Paul Robert Walker

13. Legend Try this book if you liked: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Enclave by Ann Aguirre Divergent by Veronica Roth

14. Under the Mesquite Try this book if you liked: La Linea by Ann Jaramillo Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan Tortilla Sun by Jennifer Cervantes

15. Cinder Try this book if you liked: The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor The Clockwork Three by Matthew J. Kirby The Clone Codes by Pat McKissack

16. An Elephant in the Garden Try this book if you liked: The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti Brave Deeds: How One Family Saved Many from the Nazis by Ann Alma Is it Night or Day? by Fern Schumer Chapman

17. The False Prince Try this book if you liked: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan Graceling by Kristen Cashore Dragonfly by Julie Golding

18. Wonder Try this book if you liked: Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley Playground by 50 Cent

19. Ripper Try this book if you liked: The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade The Monstrumologist by Richard Yancy The Black Book of Secrets by F. E. Higgins

20. Curveball: The Year I Lost my Grip Try this book if you liked: Pop by Gordon Korman Gym Candy by Carl Deuker The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen

21. Smart Girls Get What They Want Try this book if you liked: Close to Famous by Joan Bauer Gossip from the Girl’s Room by Rose Cooper Clique series by Lisi Harrison

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