Lone Star Current List
A reading list for grades 6, 7 and 8 to encourage recreational reading.
Collection Development Statement
The Lone Star Reading List is not designed to support any particular curriculum. Librarians are not required or expected to purchase every book on the list. Due to the diversity in age range and topics, librarians should follow local collection development policies and guidelines when considering which titles to purchase for their library.
Annual List
The Lone Star Reading List is developed by public and school librarians from the Young Adult Round Table. The list’s purpose is to encourage students in grades 6, 7, or 8 to explore a variety of current books.
- Allen, Crystal – Between Two Brothers
- Baptiste, Tracey – Boy 2.0
- Bishop, Jenn – Free Throws, Friendship, and Other Things We Fouled Up
- Boyce, Kristy – Dungeons and Drama
- Choldenko, Gennifer – The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
- Cuevas, Adrianna – The No Brainer’s Guide to Decomposition
- Currie, Lindsay – Mystery of Locked Rooms
- Davidhizar, Megan – Silent Sister
- Fagan, Deva – A Game of Noctis
- Faruqi, Saadia – The Partition Project
- Leahy, Elisa Stone – Tethered to Other Stars
- Levy, Dana – Not Another Banned Book
- Lezotte, Ann Clare – Deer Run Home
- Llewellyn, Tom – The Five Impossible Tasks of Eden Smith
- Marsh, Katherine – Medusa: The Myth of Monsters
- Mejia, Tehlor Kay – It Happened to Anna
- Polonsky, Ami – World Made of Glass
- Reintgen, Scott – The Last Dragon on Mars
- Safadi, Shifa Saltagi – Kareem Between
- Salazar, Aida – Ultraviolet
- Schu, John – Louder Than Hunger
- Sepetys, Ruta & Sheinkin, Steve – The Bletchley Riddle
- Suk, Sarah – The Space Between Here and Now
- Terese, Ali – Free Period
- Williams, Alicia – Mid-Air
- Winans, Justine Pucella – The Otherwoods
- Winston, Sherrie – Shark Teeth
2026 Nominations
The committee must locate a positive review for students in grades 6, 7, or 8 to consider the book.
Learn more about nomination criteria here.
Publishers,
Please do not use this form. Email the Young Adult Round Table if you want to send the committee copies of a book.
YART Volunteers
Thank you to all who volunteered! Please visit the Young Adult Round Table community on Engage to learn about new committee members and officers.
Ready to take your love of reading young adult books to the next level? Volunteering for one of YART’s reading committee lists allows you to help curate a diverse list of books that meet the needs of all young adults in Texas. You can also volunteer for one of YART’s executive board positions to help advocate for YA reading, publicize reading lists, work with publishers, and plan conferences.
The YART 2025 volunteer form is now open! Please apply by clicking the link below.
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