2023 Lone Star Reading List

Across the desert

Bowling, Dusti,


Booklist starred, December2021. Library Media Connection, August2021. Publishers Weekly Annex, September2021. School Library Journal starred, October2021. While using a public library computer to find help for her mother who is addicted to pain medicine, twelve-year-old Jolene witnesses a friend's livestreamed crash-landing in the Arizona desert and embarks on a journey to rescue her.
Date Published:2023

Children of the fox

Sands, Kevin,


Booklist, October 2021. Junior Library Guild. Kirkus Review, September 2021. Pub Weekly, September 2021. School Library Journal, November 2021. "Callan and four other young criminals are recruited to pull off a difficult heist from the city's most powerful sorcerer"--Provided by the publisher.
Date Published:2022

City of thieves

London, Alex,


Kirkus Review, September2021. Publishers Weekly, September2021. School Library Journal, October2021. To protect his friends and family, Abel must figure out what is worth fighting for when he partners with a stolen dragon, an action that has him riding in kin battles and keeping more secrets than a dragon has scales.
Date Published:2021

The Clackity

Senf, Lora,


"A Blight Harbor novel." Booklist, May2022. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), June2022. Kirkus Review, April2022. Publishers Weekly Annex, July2022. To rescue her aunt from the ghost of a serial killer, twelve-year-old Evie Von Rathe embarks on a journey into a strange world filled with hungry witches, ghosts, and a story thief, all while trying to fulfill her deal with the Clackity.
Date Published:2022

Dust & Grim

Wendig, Chuck,


Booklist starred, August2021. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, November2021. Kirkus Starred, August2021. Publishers Weekly Annex, October2021. School Library Journal, October2021. Soon after meeting her eighteen-year-old brother, Dustin, for the first time, thirteen-year-old Molly learns their shared inheritance, a mortuary business, serves monsters.
Date Published:2022

Linked

Korman, Gordon,


Booklist starred, April 15, 2021. Booklist starred, April 2021. Kirkus Review, June 2021. Kirkus, June 01, 2021. Library Media Connection starred, January 2022. School library journal, July 2021. School Library Journal, July 2021. Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? The mystery deepens as more swastikas begin to appear. Some students decide to fight back and start a project to bring people together instead of dividing them further.
Date Published:2023

Booklist starred, April 15, 2021. Booklist starred, April 2021. Kirkus Review, June 2021. Kirkus, June 01, 2021. Library Media Connection starred, January 2022. School library journal, July 2021. School Library Journal, July 2021. Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? The mystery deepens as more swastikas begin to appear. Some students decide to fight back and start a project to bring people together instead of dividing them further.

Date Published:2023

The Marvellers

Clayton, Dhonielle,


Eleven-year-old Ella is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, a magic school in the clouds where Marvellers from around the world practice their cultural arts. When a dangerous criminal known as the Ace of Anarchy escapes prison, supposedly with a Conjurors's aid, Ella becomes the target of suspicion.
Date Published:2022

Rain rising

Comrie, Courtne,


Booklist, September2022. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, October2022. Horn Book, January2023. Kirkus Starred, August2022. Publishers Weekly, August2022. School Library Journal, January2023. Thirteen-year-old Rain, who struggles with low self-esteem, must overcome sadness after her older brother Xander is severely beaten up at a frat party, but through the help of an after-school circle group, Rain finds the courage to help herself and her family heal.
Date Published:2022

Booklist, September2022. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, October2022. Horn Book, January2023. Kirkus Starred, August2022. Publishers Weekly, August2022. School Library Journal, January2023. Thirteen-year-old Rain, who struggles with low self-esteem, must overcome sadness after her older brother Xander is severely beaten up at a frat party, but through the help of an after-school circle group, Rain finds the courage to help herself and her family heal.

Date Published:2022

Skandar and the unicorn thief

Steadman, A. F.,


Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), May2022. Kirkus Review, March2022. New York Times, May2022. Publishers Weekly, April2022. "Thirteen-year-old Skandar Smith has always wanted to be a Unicorn rider, but when the mysterious Weaver steals the most powerful unicorn in the world, Skandar must face sky battles, ancient secrets, and bloodthirsty unicorns in order to save his island"--OCLC.
Date Published:2022

Tumble

Pérez, Celia C., 1972-,


Twelve-year-old Adela "Addie" Ramirez has a big decision to make when her stepfather proposes adoption. Addie loves Alex, the only father figure she's ever known, but with a new half brother due in a few months and a big school theater performance on her mind, everything suddenly feels like it's moving too fast. She has a million questions, and the first is about the young man in the photo she found hidden away in her mother's things.
Date Published:2023

Twelve-year-old Adela "Addie" Ramirez has a big decision to make when her stepfather proposes adoption. Addie loves Alex, the only father figure she's ever known, but with a new half brother due in a few months and a big school theater performance on her mind, everything suddenly feels like it's moving too fast. She has a million questions, and the first is about the young man in the photo she found hidden away in her mother's things.

Date Published:2023