Enjoy reading these Lonestar books!

The Texas Lone Star Reading List is a recommended reading list developed by public and school librarians to encourage students in grades 6,7, or 8 to explore a variety of current books.The Lone Star list is intended for recreational reading.Each book on the list has been favorably reviewed for grades 6,7,or 8 in a professional review source.

Kirby knows that being a walking-basketball-encyclopedia does not make one a good basketball player. However, that matters not when he finds out that by being on the school basketball team it will give him the opportunity to possibly meet Brett McGrew, the school's most (and only) famous NBA player. Laugh along with Kirby as he sets his goal on meeting his real father while playing basketball in his underwear.

Elaine's classmates at her new school bear a striking resemblance to characters from the King Arthur stories. Are they doomed to repeat the mistakes of the Round Table or will things be different this time?

Wannabe reporter David Peterson is determined to write a story that will land him a byline in the local newspaper. With a little investigation, he tracks down Ruben Hart, an old man who lived during the Prohibition and, supposedly had ties to a local rum-running business. As David listens, Ruben tells the story of the Black Duck, a hard-to-catch boat used for transporting illegal alcohol, which ran circles around the Coast Guard. As the story unforls, both David and Ruben begin to see that there isn't always a definite line between right and wrong.

When high school senior, Leo Caraway, a conservative Republican, learns that his biological father is none other than millionaire King Mggot, lead singer of the punk band Purge, he accepts a roadie job on King's tour in the hope of securing sorely needed college tuition.

Kate and Peter unwillingly travel back in time to 1763 Derbyshire, England via a time machine. Upon their arrival, the time machne is stolen by the devious Tar Man. Desperately wishing to return home, they accept guidance from a former thief named Gideon.

Michael Arroyo, a 12-year-old pitcher with an amazing arm, wants nothing more than to take his team to the Little League Championship. Fearing his talent, a group of coaches claims that Michael cannot prove his age. Recently orphaned, Michael must find a way to locate a birth certificate in Cuba and evade Social Services. Facing these two challenges would be overwhelming uf not for the help of his friends and community.

Eleven-year-old Termite, a foster child with an eye for the beauty of nature and a talent for getting into trouble, takes on the loggers in her new home town when she tries to save the biggest tree in the forest.

Undercover work comes naturally to Cammie, a student at the Gallagher School for Exceptional Young Women (AKA spy school for girls). Handling her latest covert operations assignment poses no real problem until Cammie meets Josh, a local boy, and finds herself attracted to him. Can she maintain the secrecy required of Gallagher girls or will she blow her cover for romance?

The beautiful wooden box Jeremy receives right before his 13th. birthday is, without a doubt, the most important present he will ever get. Not only is the present from his father, who died five years earlier, but is also supposed to contain the meaning of life. Jeremy can't wait to open it! However, he discovers that the keys that open the box are missing, and he must begin the search to find them.

Why would anyone ride a train called mata gente, the "people killer?" Miguel and his sister ride because it is headed across the border, la linea, from Mexico to California, where they hope to join the parents they haven't seen in almost seven years. Their journey will force them to face harsh realities of dehydration, danger, corruption, and violence in this contemporary survival story.

After stopping to help a woman with a flat tire, Kyle is kidnapped, shrunk, and imprisoned in a dollhouse with several others. Fearing for their lives at the hands of the sadistic woman,Kyle must devise a plan of escape before he is dealth with like other "Lambkins" who angered Mrs. Shepard.

Alex's first driving experience results in a damaged car, a crushed lawn gnome, and vomit on a police officer. But thi8ngs take a turn for the worse when Alex is sentenced to 100 hours of community service at a nursing home helping a cranky old man Solomon Lewis.

When the Plunger of Destiny arrives in Patience, the century-old curse placed on the town may come to be. Jake must find lost treasure, save the town, and maybe win the World Series (of Patience.)

Holly calls herself a gypsy but it's really just a romantic name for homeless. Living on the street, in the midst of her daily quest for food, sheter, safety, and cleanliness, Holly keeps a journal, recording her thoughts, fears, dreams and hopes.

This fictionalized account of Ernest Shackleton's 1914 expedition to cross Antarctica might strike the reader as unrelenting, brutal, and impossible. Shackleton's men survive shipwreck, stranding on an uncharted island, and starvation. The appropriate name of Shackleton's ship? the Endurance.

Seventh-grader, Shug (really named Annemarie Wilcox) lands feet first in adolescence as she quarrels with her best friend, develops a crush on her long time friend Mark, gets rejected by Mark, and manages to fnd a new best friend. Shug deals with the good, the bad, and the ugly of middle school with honesty and a new awareness and maturity.

Imagine what it is like forgetting to take your medication and discovering that you have suupernatural powers. After "accidentally" blowing his rival across the soccer field, Jack realizes he is not normal and soon finds himself in a warrior game to the death.

Quiet, bookish Veronica is plunged into her favorite fantasy novel along with Heather, Miss Popularity. When they accidentally kill the heroine of the book, they must find a way to finish the story and make their way home.