Lonestar Book Blog

Come on y’all. It’s time to start reading those fabulous titles on the 2009-2010 Lonestar Reading list. Who can resist books like The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins or How Not To Be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler.  Students who read at least 5 of the titles will receive a prize, and those avid readers who read more than 10 will be invited to an ice cream social after spring break.  You can find the list of titles under the 2009-2010 Lonestar link.  Start reading today!

 

 

When Maggie moves with her parents yet again, she vows to avoid making friends this time so she won’t experience heartbreak when she must leave them behind. She launches Operation Avoid Friends at her new high school in Austin, but the results are not at all what she expects.

 

 

Q and his new stepsister Angela are following their rock star parents on tour. But someone is following them.

 

In a futuristic world where parents can have their children unwound betweenthe ages of 13 and 18, three teenagers on their way to a harvest campescape this fate and are swept into an underground network that helpsUnwinds fight for their very survival.

When Antsy discovers that classmate Gunnar is suffering from a terminal illness, he offers to give Gunnar a month of his life. Others want to donate months, and Antsy starts trading time like stocks on Wall Street! All of this plus the attention of Gunnar’s gorgeous older sister, stressful hours at his parents’ restaurant, and a visit from an overbearing aunt create one wild ride for Antsy Bonano!

After a meteor hits the moon and sets off a series of horrific climate changes, seventeen-year-old Alex Morales must take care of his sisters alone in the chaos of New York City.

After an accident and year-long coma, seventeen-year-old Jenna awakens to a life she does not remember. Her parents describe the past, but the memories are slow to come. What does come are more questions: Who is Jenna Fox? And, what really happened after the accident?

Morning McCobb, recent graduate of the IV League and a vegan vampire, is on a mission to change the public perception of vampires from bloodthirsty killers to something more heroic.

After narrowly escaping a horrible fate at the hands of his cruel parents, Ludlow Fitch finds himself in the company of a mysterious pawnbroker who trades people’s deepest, darkest secrets for cash. As Ludlow works as the pawnbroker’s apprentice, he begins to trust him. But he must decide if he can trust the pawnbroker enough to share his own dark secrets.

Ben’s life is turned upside down when his mother is killed unexpectedly. Much to his surprise and dismay his father sells all their belongings, purchases a boat, and takes Ben and his younger brothers on a year long sailing trip. Things go from bad to worse when the boys wake up one morning to find their father missing from the boat while at sea.

 

Jonah and his friend Chip, both adopted 13 years ago, begin receiving mysterious letters claiming they are among the “missing” and in great danger. The boys must figure out who they are and where they came from before it’s too late.