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The 2013 TAYSHAS Reading List

Me and

Earl and

the Dying

Girl

“During my senior year, my mom forced me to become friends with a girl who had cancer.

This brought about the destruction of my entire

life.”

by Jesse Andrews

F ANDYoung Adult

Throug

h Her

Eyes

Do you believe in ghosts?

by Jennifer Archer

F ARCYoung Adult

Master of

Deceit:

J. Edgar Hoover

and America in

the Age of Lies

Hoover, head of the FBI and guardian and protector of America,

was a master of hiding his illegal

tactics.

by Marc Aronson

363.25ARO

The

Drowne

d Cities

“You live in a barbarous place.

You cannot be blamed

for trying to survive.”

by Paolo Bacigalupi

F BACSciFi/

Fantasy

Shadow

and

Bone

Can light drive out darkness?

by Leigh Bardugo

F BARSciFi/

Fantasy

Ashes

The zombies

are coming.

by Ilsa Bick

F BICSciFi/

Fantasy

The

Raft

Plane crash. Leaky raft.

Shark-infested waters. Bag of Skittles.

Would you survive?

by S.A. Bodeen

F BODSuspense

Anna

Dresse

d in

Blood

Life can be hard when you’re a

ghost-killer.

by Kendare Blake

F BLASuspense

The

Diviner

s

“Small-Town Dame Lands in Big Apple,

Goes Wild, Tries to Stop Resurrection of

Antichrist.”Yeah, that story.

by Libba Bray

F BRA

Unspoke

n

What if your imaginary friend is real?

And cute. And your connection

might solve a murder.

by Sarah Rees Brennan

F BRESuspense

Black &

White: The

Confrontation

Between Reverend

Fred L.

Shuttlesworth and

Eugene “Bull”

Connor

Two men.Two key players.

Two views.One historic fight for civil

rights and the end of segregation.

by Larry Dane Brimner

323.119 BRI

iBoy

“Search. Shock. Destroy.”

And you thought your iPhone made you

powerful.

by Kevin Brooks

F BROSciFi/

Fantasy

Girl of

Fire and

Thorns

“She is the chosen one, and

her time has come.”

by Rae Carson

F CARSciFi/

Fantasy

Dying

to Know

You

Can words and an unexpected

friendship heal?

by Aidan Chambers

F CHA

Tempes

t

“Today Jackson and Holly are in love.

Tomorrow, she will lie dying in his arms. Yesterday he must

undo it all.”

by Julie Cross

F CROSciFi/

Fantasy

The

Miseducati

on of

Cameron

Post

After her secret relationship with a girl is revealed, Cameron’s

aunt ships her off to God’s Promise to be

“cured”.

by Emily M. Danforth

F DANYoung Adult

The

Hunt

“It’s either hunt or be hunted.”

by Andrew Fukuda

F FUKSciFi/

Fantasy

Don’t

Turn

Around

Noa wakes up with an incision over her heart and no recollection of

what happened. On the run, Peter may be her only hope to survive.

by Michelle Gagnon

F GAGYoung Adult

The

Difference

Between

You and

Me

“How do you choose between what you believe

in and the one you love?”

by Madeleine George

F GEOYoung Adult

Cross

My

Heart

In 1585 Venice, Laura must leave the convent to

marry her dead sister’s repulsive fiancé. To avoid the marriage she joins a

mysterious secret society of women.

by Sasha Gould

F GOUYoung Adult

The

Fault in

Our

Stars

“When a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus

Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely

rewritten.”

by John Green

F GREYoung Adult

Mr.

Death’s

Blue-Eyed

Girls

“The kind of face nobody remembers. The man you

meet at the top of the stairs, that’s who he is. The man you

should pay attention to, the man you shouldn’t offend.”

Mr. Death.

by Mary Downing Hahn

F HAHYoung Adult

Seraphin

a

“Can one girl unite two worlds?”

And can she keep her secret?

by Rachel Hartman

F HARSciFi/

Fantasy

The Night

She

Disappear

ed

Gabie’s coworker delivers a pizza and never returns. She realizes she was the intended target and is

determined to find out what happened.

by April Henry

F HENSuspense

A

Certain

October

Since the accident, Scotty’s world is upside

down. Plagued with guilt and loss, she struggles to put her life back together

and find peace.

by Angela Johnson

F JOHYoung Adult

Keeping

The

Castle

Althea is looking for Mr. Right—tall, handsome…oh let’s get real.

He needs to be wealthy. Very wealthy so she can save her

family’s castle and support her mother and brother. Will she

settle for rich Lord Boring or will love prevail?

by Patrice Kindl

F KINYoung Adult

Everybod

y Sees

the Ants

“How long can Lucky keep hiding

in his dreams before reality forces

its way inside?”

by A. S. King

F KINYoung Adult

The

Disenchantme

nts

“Maybe we always were the

people we imagined

ourselves to be.”

by Nina LaCour

F LACYoung Adult

Team

Human

“Friends don’t let

friends date vampires.”

by Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan

F LARSciFi/

Fantasy

Monumen

t 14

“Fourteen kids. One superstore. A million things

that could go wrong.”

by Emmy Laybourne

F LAYYoung Adult

My Book

of Life

by Angel

When her pimp brings eleven-year-old Melli to Angel and tells her to

“show her the ropes” will she have the strength to

help Melli and break free?

by Martine Leavitt

F LEAYoung Adult

Grave

Mercy

“Why be the sheep when

you can be the wolf?”

by Robin LaFevers

F LEFYoung Adult

Every

Day

“Every day a different body.

Every day a different life.Every day in love with

the same girl.”

by David Levithan

F LEVYoung Adult

Legend

North America is divided and war-torn. June, a

brilliant soldier has vowed to hunt and kill Day, a rebel

and criminal. They soon discover the Republic’s dark

secrets.

by Marie Lu

F LUSciFi/

Fantasy

I Hunt

Killers

“What if the world’s most

notorious serial killer…was your

dad?”

by Barry Lyga

F LYGYoung Adult

Second

Chance

Summer

Taylor’s family takes one last trip to the

summerhouse after receiving devastating news.

She realizes she has a second chance with family, friends, and maybe love.

by Morgan Matson

F MATYoung Adult

Somebody,

Please Tell

Me Who I

Am

“After being severely wounded in Iraq, Ben’s traumatic brain injury turns everyone’s world

upside down.”

by Harry Mazer and Peter Lerangis

F MAZYoung Adult

Never Fall

Down: A

Novel

“You show you care, you die. You show fear, you die. You show nothing, maybe you live.”

by Patricia McCormick

F MCCYoung Adult

Beyond:

A Ghost

Story

Just me and my shadow—who’s

trying to kill me.

by Graham McNamee

F MCNYoung Adult

Cinder

Cinderella turned cyborg.

by Marissa Meyer

F MEYSciFi/

Fantasy

No Crystal Stair:

A Documentary

Novel of the Life

and Work of Lewis

Michaux, Harlem

Bookseller

In 1939 Michaux started with “five books, a building, and one hundred dollars”. By 1975 his bookstore was the intellectual center of

Harlem enriching and empowering African

Americans.

by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

F NELYoung Adult

A

Confusio

n of

Princes

Being a prince isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Especially when there are ten million other princes

trying to become emperor also.

by Garth Nix

F NIXSciFi/

Fantasy

Life: An

Exploded

Diagram

“Can love survive a lifetime?”

by Mal Peet

F PEEYoung Adult

The

Knife

and the

Butterfly

Azael wakes up in jail and only remembers a gang

fight. Now he must observe a female inmate and try to piece together

what happened.

by Ashley Hope Perez

F PERYoung Adult

Desert

Angel

“14-year-old Angel is being hunted in the

desert by her mother’s abusive

boyfriend and murderer.”

by Charlie Price

F PRIYoung Adult

Boy21

Boy21 believes he’s from space. Finley

doesn’t feel it’s necessary to talk

much. Their friendship helps them

both heal.

by Matthew Quick

F QUIYoung Adult

Under

the

Never

Sky

“A million ways to die. One way to

live.”

by Veronica Rossi

F ROSSciFi/

Fantasy

Aristotle and

Dante

Discover the

Secrets of

the Universe

Two loners.Polar opposites.A life-changing

friendship.

by Benjamin Alire Saenz

F SAEYoung Adult

Au Revoir,

Crazy

European

Chick

My prom date’s an

assassin?!?

by Joe Schreiber

F SCHYoung Adult

Bomb: The

Race to Build

and Steal the

World’s Most

Dangerous

Weapon

Who will be the first to build the

atomic bomb?

by Steve Sheinkin

623.4SHE

The

Scorpio

Races

“Some race to win. Others race

to survive.”

by Maggie Stiefvater

F STISciFi/

Fantasy

The

Raven

Boys

“There are only two reasons a non-seer

would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve. Either

you’re his true love… or you killed

him.”

by Maggie Stiefvater

F STISciFi/

Fantasy

Daughte

r of

Smoke

and

Bone

Can the daughter of a devil and an angel make peace? Will their love outlast a

centuries-old, otherworldly war?

by Laini Taylor

F TAYSciFi/

Fantasy

The Loners

(Quarantin

e)

At McKinley High, the “kids don’t

fight to be popular, they fight to stay

alive.”

by Lex Thomas

F THOYoung Adult

Freaks

Like

Us

“Jason is determined to solve the disappearance

of his best friend, but must overcome the

voices of his schizophrenia.”

by Susan Vaught

F VAUYoung Adult

The

Final

Four

“Will the game go to the player with

the most skill or the one with the most

heart?”

by Paul Volponi

F VOLYoung Adult

Out of

Shadow

s

Robert experiences bigotry and brutality when his

family moves from England to Zimbabwe during

Mugabe’s rise to power. He must decide if will join in or

do nothing.

by Jason Wallace

F WALYoung Adult

Code

Name

Verity

“I have two weeks. You’ll shoot me at the end no

matter what I do.” “Verity”, a British spy

confesses to save her life while Maddie, her best friend,

tries to save her.

by Elizabeth Wein

F WEIYoung Adult

Variant

Trust no one.Rebel and die.

Escape is impossible.

by Robison Wells

F WELYoung Adult

The

Watch

That Ends

the Night

“Through twenty-four separate voices, from

immigrants eager for a better life to some of the wealthiest members of

society, those aboard the Titanic tell a compelling tale

of hope and loss.”

by Allan Wolf

F WOLYoung Adult

Beneath a

Meth

Moon: An

Elegy

Devastated after losing her mother and grandmother in Hurricane Katrina, Laurel

tries to start over in a new town but is introduced to

meth by her boyfriend. Can she overcome her grief and

addiction?

by Jacqueline Woodson

F WOOYoung Adult

How to

Save a

Life

After her father’s death, Jill’s mother decides to

adopt a baby and to have the 18-year-old mother live with them until the baby is

born. Can they all come together

and make a home?

by Sara Zarr

F ZARYoung Adult

All These

Things

I’ve

Done

“Chocolate is contraband. Caffeine is illegal. The city is riddled with crime.

Anya is torn between accepting her birthright and

following her heart.”

by Gabrielle Zevin

F ZEVYoung Adult