Lone Star Book List 2012-2013

1. Lone Star Book List2012-2013 My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.  ~Thomas Helm

2. Hidden by helen frost • 2 young girls are forever changed in an instant. • One is kidnapped, the other the father of the kidnapper. • When they meet again years later—can they overcome their past and become friends?

3. Wish by joseph Monniger • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxY2YOLZ2oQ&feature=related

4. Belly up by Stuart gibbs • Henry the hippo has been murdered! • Teddy and Summer are determined to find the killer. • Everyone hated Henry—but who could have killed him? • Will they catch the killer before the killer catches them?

5. Rot and ruin by Jonathan maberry • Would zombie hunting be your first career choice? • Benny doesn’t have much of a choice. • When forced into the Ruin to save his girlfriend—Benny must use his brain to stay alive and hope it doesn’t get eaten by zombies!

6. Between Shades of gray by rutasepetys • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ7UhnQKkR8

7. A monster calls by patrick ness • Connor has terrible nightmares. • When he wakes to find a real monster has called on him, he is terrified. • It wants the one thing Connor doesn’t want to give—the truth!

8. A tale dark and grimm by adamgidwitz • Deception, gore, and death follow Hansel and Gretel around. • Can Hansel and Gretel find their happily ever after—or will they have to make their own. • Not a tale for the squeamish!

9. Blood red road by moira young • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rba2MgVtnRY

10. Notes from an accidental band geek by erindionne • Elsie is an expert French Horn player who will one day play for the Boston Sympony Orchestra. • But first she is forced to join her high school marching band. • How will she ever survive?

11. Death cloud by andrew lane • Sherlock Holmes is just fourteen years old when he encounters his first dead body. • We know him as a master detective, but will he be able to solve the crime and bring down the villain at only fourteen?

12. Divergent by veronica roth • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu5Erw-posg

13. Okay for now by gary d. schmidt • Doug Sweiteck is forced to move to a new town where he knows no one—all because his abusive father lost his job—AGAIN! • Can Doug’s life turn around for the better—or is he destined to be a failure—just like the rest of his family?

14. Paintings from the cave by garypaulsen • 3 short stories. • 4 hard lives. • 1 thing in common—HOPE!!!

15. The emerald atlas by john stephens • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4A7Mcndx48

16. Paranormalcy by kierstenwhite • Evie works as a paranormal bounty hunter and she is good at her job. • Then she starts having nightmares and paranormals are being killed off—could the two be connected?

17. Ruby Red by kerstingier • Time traveling runs in the family—luckily for Gwyneth, she doesn’t have the time traveling gene— • Or so she thought!!!

18. Take me to the river by will hobbs • Two boys decide to go down the Rio Grande even though their chaperone cannot come! • What ensues is danger and adventure like they never imagined!

19. The fourth stall by chrisrylander • Mac is a problem solver and for a fee he will solve your problem! • But where is a problem solver to go when the problem is too big, even for him?

20. The running dream by wendelin van Drraanen • Jessica is a star runner—with Olympic dreams • Until she loses her leg in a tragic accident • Now she must learn to overcome in order to find her passion again!

21. This dark endeavor by kennethoppel • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Naq-b-6NJUY