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TAYSHAS Reading List

The goal of the TAYSHAS reading list is to motivate young adults to become livelong readers and to participate in the community of readers in Texas. Students in grades 9 – 12 are encouraged to read books for pleasure from the list which includes fiction a

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TAYSHAS Reading

Lists

2022

2022 Titles

Amelia Unabridged by Ashley Schumacher  |  Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, et. al.  |  Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley  |  Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez  |  The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe
In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner Legendborn by Tracy Deonn  |  Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam
What I Carry by Jennifer Longo

Admission by Julie Buxbaum  |  All Boys Aren't Blue : a Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
All Eyes on Her by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn  |  The Assignment by Liza Wiemer  |  The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed
Blazewrath Games by Amparo Ortiz  |  A Breath Too Late by Rocky Callen  |  Burn by Patrick Ness
Cast in Firelight by Dana Swift Charming as a Verb by Ben Philipe

A Complicated Love Story Set in Space by Shaun David Hutchinson  |  The Cousins by Karen McManus
The Crossroads at Midnight by Abby Howard  A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea & Tomorrow by Laura Namey
Dear Universe by Florence Gonsalves  Every Single Lie by Rachel Vincent
Everything I Thought I Knew by Shannon Takaoka  |  Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa
Find Layla by Meg Elison The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe

Hard Wired by Len Vlahos Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis  |  Heiress Apparently by Diana Ma
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland I Hope You're Listening by Tom Ryan
In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers : the Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years After the 9/11 Attacks by Don Brown
Indivisible by Daniel Aleman  Influence by Sara Shepard & Lilia Buckingham
The Initial Insult by Mindy McGinnis  |  Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

The Ivies by Alexa Donne  |  Just Our Luck by Julia Walton  |  Living Beyond Borders by Margarita Longoria (ed.)
The Loop by Ben Oliver  Lore by Alexandra Bracken  |  Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee
Malice by Pintip Dunn My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmerman
Nameless Queen by Rebecca McLaughlin  |  The New David Espinoza by Fred Aceves

No True Believers by Rabiah York Lumbard Notes from a Young Black Chef : a Memoir by Kwame Onwuachi & Joshua David Stein
Off the Record by Camryn Garrett  Once Upon a Quinceanera by Monica Gomiez-Hira  |  Parachutes by Kelly Yang
A Pho Love Story by Loan Le  |  Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly Prepped by Bethany Mangle
The Princess Will Save You by Sarah Henning  |  The Project by Courtney Summers

Pudge & Prejudice by A. K. Pittman  |  The Ravens by Kass Morgan & Danielle Paige  |  Roman and Jewell by Dana L. Davis
Rules for Being a Girl by Candace Bushnell & Katie Cotugno
Rural Voices : 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America by Nora Shalaway Carpenter (ed.)
The Seventh Raven by David Elliott  |  Shine by Jessica Jung  |  Sidelined by Kara Bietz
Sixteen Scandals by Sophie Jordan  |  Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laekan Zea Kemp

Super Fake Love Song by David Yoon  |  10 Truths and a Dare by Ashley Elston  |  That Weekend by Kara Thomas
The Summer of Broken Rules by K. L. Walther  |  These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong  |  They Went Left by Monica Hesse
This is Not the Jess Show by Anna Carey  |  Time Will Tell by Barry Lyga
The Truth Project by Dante Medema  |  Up All Night by Laura Silverman (ed.

Version Zero by David Yoon  |  Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour
Where the Road Leads Us by Robin Reul  |  White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson