Ben and Jake battle alligators, quicksand, and a murderer when they search for buried treasure on an island in a swamp.
Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved in fighting against some disreputable wizards.
Thirteen-year-old Kelly tries to befriend Mr. Weems, a disturbed homeless Vietnam War veteran who spends his days in her suburban library, though the man makes it clear he wants to be left alone.
Small for his age but artistically talented, twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg.
Having been put ahead in an accelerated eighth grade program by her bizarre and creative family, precocious eleven-year-old Libby hates her "socialization" process, until she makes some highly original friends in a writing workshop.
Elizabeth's romantic interest in an Asian American student angers a prejudiced bully named Brad.
During an eventful summer in Harlem, fourteen-year-old Mouse and his friends fall in and out of love and search for a hidden treasure from the days of Al Capone.
A teenager in a large family that lives in a trailer yearns for love, approval, an escape from endless chores, and a chance to make something of herself.
Moving to a new neighborhood following his parents' divorce, Mark has trouble making new friends and coping with his fathers absence.
When Jason allows a friend to borrow his mother's car without her permission, one wrong move leads to another, escalating into a tragedy.
Lovestruck J.P. finds himself doing all sorts of weird things to impress his new interest but his life becomes very complicated when a simple lie gets out of control.
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The Lone Star Reading Lists 1992 |
Cages by Peg Kehret | Collidescope by Grace Chetwin | Danger in Quicksand Swamp by Bill Wallace
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede | December Stillness by Mary Downing Hahn
Danger in Quicksand Swamp
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Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted forest chronicles #1)
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December Stillness
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Forward Pass by Thomas Dygard | Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville
Libby on Wednesday by Zilpha Deatley Snyder | More Than Meets the Eye by Jeanne Betancourt
Mouse Rap by Walter Dean Myers
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
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Libby on Wednesday
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More Than Meets the Eye
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The Mouse Rap
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Place of Lions by Eric Campbell | Secret, Silent Screams by Joan Lowery Nixon
Send No Blessings by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | Shadow Brothers by A.E. Cannon
Something's Rotten in the State of Maryland by Laura Sonnemark
Send No Blessings
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Shadow Brothers
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Squeaky Wheel by Robert Kimmel Smith | Such Nice Kids by Eve Bunting | Throw a Hungry Loop by Dona Schenker
Under Alien Stars by Pamela Service | Your Move, J.P.! by Lois Lowry
The Squeaky Wheel
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Such Nice Kids
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Your Move, J. P.!
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