As he tries to come to terms with his mother's death, Vernon finds solace in his growing relationship with the neighborhood outcasts, an alcoholic and her retarded son.
At the beginning of eighth grade, learning-disabled Max and his new friend, Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces, they make a powerful team.
Twelve-year-old Sarny's brutal life as a slave becomes even more dangerous when a newly arrived slave offers to teach her how to read.
When his baby sister disappears from the river near their summer home, eighth grader Chris fights the assumption that she has drowned and sets off on a journey to discover the truth.
Two twelve-year-old girls in San Antonio, Texas, Ada in 1891 and Amber in 1991, switch places through a magic well and try desperately to return to their own times.
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The Lone Star Reading Lists 1995 |
Bel-Air Bambi and the Mall Rats by Richard Peck | California Blue by David Klass
Crazy Lady by Jane Leslie Conly | Crazy Weekend by Gary Soto
Crazy Lady!
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Dragon's Bait by Vivian Vande Velde | Escape from Exile by Robert Levy
Flour Babies by Anne Fine | Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
Freak the Mighty
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Freak the Mighty [E-Book]
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Lombardo's Law by Ellen Wittlinger | Mama, I Want to Sing by Vy Higginson
Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen | Others See Us by William Sleator
Nightjohn
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Picking Up the Pieces by Patricia Calvert | Radical Red by James Duffy
Shadow of the Dragon by Sherry Garland | Someone Was Watching by David Patneaude
Someone Was Watching
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Sparrow Hawk Red by Ben Mikaelsen | Switching Well by Peni Griffin
Where Do I Go From Here? by Valerie Wilson Wesley | Wolf at the Door by Barbara Corcoran
Switching Well
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