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Lone Star Book List 2012-2013. My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter. ~Thomas Helm. Hidden by helen frost. 2 young girls are forever changed in an instant. One is kidnapped, the other the father of the kidnapper.
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Lone Star Book List2012-2013 My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter. ~Thomas Helm
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?
Wish by joseph Monniger • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxY2YOLZ2oQ&feature=related
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?
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!
Between Shades of gray by rutasepetys • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ7UhnQKkR8
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!
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!
Blood red road by moira young • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rba2MgVtnRY
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?
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?
Divergent by veronica roth • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu5Erw-posg
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?
Paintings from the cave by garypaulsen • 3 short stories. • 4 hard lives. • 1 thing in common—HOPE!!!
The emerald atlas by john stephens • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4A7Mcndx48
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?
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!!!
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!
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?
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!
This dark endeavor by kennethoppel • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Naq-b-6NJUY