Tayshas High School Reading List1997

Given by Texas Library Association Young Adult Roundtable

Other Names: TLA Tayshas High School Reading List
54 Works 95,573 Books 1,686 Reviews ½ 3.8
Annual list from the Texas Library Association's Young Adult Round Table (YART).

'TAYSHAS' takes its name from the Caddo Indian word meaning "friends or allies." Written texas, texios, tejas, show more teyas or tayshas, the word was applied to the Caddos by the Spanish in eastern Texas, who regarded them as friends and allies against the Apaches.

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Tayshas Committee
The object of the Tayshas project is to motivate young adults to become lifelong readers and to participate in the community of readers in Texas. The Tayshas High School Reading List Committee coordinates activities associated with the Tayshas program, a reading incentive program designed for young adults in Texas, grades 9-12, who are encouraged to read books for pleasure from a selected reading list prepared by the Tayshas Committee. 

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The History of the Tayshas List
The original idea for what would develop into the Tayshas Reading list came from Dallas area librarians, Gracelyn Shea, YART Chair, and Monta Skaggs, YART Chair-Elect. They knew they wanted a high school reading list for the State of Texas and they knew just the man to get the job done. In 1996, they approached San Antonio librarian, Jack Alton Strawn and asked him to bring their idea to life. Mr. Strawn was given just a couple of months to create the program, develop guidelines, design a logo, name the program, and find committee members. In fact, he was even given the daunting task of selecting the first list by himself so it would be ready to feature at that year’s conference. 

The Tayshas Reading List was developed to motivate young adults, grades 9-12, to become lifelong readers and to participate in the community of young adult readers throughout Texas.

[Official Master List shows 1268 titles, current count 1257; Reconciliation pending. Some list years may be confused with publication years--whoops!-- reconciliation pending. Also need to add top tens for each year.]
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Stages:
All, Top Ten (110), No Stage (1,747)
Years:
All, 2024 (80), 2023 (98), 2022 (87), 2021 (79), 2020 (73), 2019 (74), 2018 (82), 2017 (74), 2016 (62), 2015 (63), 2014 (58), 2013 (64), 2012 (63), 2011 (57), 2010 (79), 2009 (70), 2008 (55), 2007 (60), 2006 (68), 2005 (61), 2004 (58), 2003 (57), 2002 (57), 2001 (56), 2000 (56), 1999 (56), 1998 (56), 1997 (54)

No Stage 54

WorkYear
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez1997
Thwonk by Joan Bauer1997
Water Hazard by Scott Borg1997
The Gathering by Isobelle Carmody1997
Debt of Honor by Tom Clancy1997
Quake! by Joe Cottonwood1997
The Lost World by Michael Crichton1997
Ironman by Chris Crutcher1997
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher1997
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman1997
Tears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper1997
The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans1997
From Time to Time by Jack Finney1997
Sound the Jubilee by Sandra Forrester1997
Eagle Kite by Paula Fox1997
Come to Grief by Dick Francis1997
Join In: Multiethnic Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults by Donald R. Gallo1997
Vertical Run by Joseph Garber1997
Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez1997
The Rainmaker by John Grisham1997
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson1997
American Indian Voices (Writers of America) by Karen D. Harvey1997
Finding Moon by Tony Hillerman1997
Answer My Prayer by Sid Hite1997
I Can't Accept Not Trying: Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence by Michael Jordan1997
Owl In Love by Patrice Kindl1997
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King1997
Othello [adapted] by Julius Lester1997
Iceman by Chris Lynch1997
The Romanovs: The Final Chapter by Robert K. Massie1997
Missing Pieces by Norma Fox Mazer1997
Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry1997
Drummers of Jericho by Carolyn Meyer1997
Past Forgiving by Gloria D. Miklowitz1997
The Magic Circle by Donna Jo Napoli1997
Talent Night by Jean Davies Okimoto1997
Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen1997
The Rifle by Gary Paulsen1997
The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story by Richard Preston1997
The Only Alien on the Planet by Kristen D. Randle1997
Missing the Piano by Adam Rapp1997
The Boys from St. Petri by Bjarne Reuter1997
I Had Seen Castles by Cynthia Rylant1997
Black Lightning by John Saul1997
Holocaust Poetry by Hilda Schiff1997
Best Ever Paper Airplanes by Norman Schmidt1997
The Emmitt Zone by Emmitt Smith1997
Local News: Stories by Gary Soto1997
The Man in the Ice: The Discovery of a 5,000-Year-Old Body Reveals the Secrets of the Stone Age by Konrad Spindler1997
Companions of the Night by Vivian Vande Velde1997
Mysterium by Robert Charles Wilson1997
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This by Jacqueline Woodson1997
Dead Eyes by Stuart Woods1997
The Doom Stone by Paul Zindel1997

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