Tayshas High School Reading List2005

Given by Texas Library Association Young Adult Roundtable

Other Names: TLA Tayshas High School Reading List
61 Works 178,420 Books 4,312 Reviews ½ 3.7
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.] show less
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 61

WorkYear
My Thirteenth Winter: A Memoir by Samantha Abeel2005
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson2005
Alt Ed by Catherine Atkins2005
The Greatest Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy by Rick Beyer2005
Faerie-ality: The Fashion Collection from the House of Ellwand by Eugenie Bird2005
Tithe by Holly Black2005
Storm Catchers by Tim Bowler2005
Home Is Everything: The Latino Baseball Story: From the Barrio to the Major Leagues by Marcos Bretón2005
True Confessions of a Heartless Girl by Martha Brooks2005
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown2005
Necessary Noise: Stories About Our Families as They Really Are by Michael Cart2005
Hacker Cracker: A Journey from the Mean Streets of Brooklyn to the Frontiers of Cyberspace by David Chanoff2005
Rat by Jan Cheripko2005
Frozen Rodeo by Catherine Clark2005
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case by Chris Crowe2005
King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-Advised Autobiography by Chris Crutcher2005
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly2005
The Battle of Jericho by Sharon M. Draper2005
After the Death of Anna Gonzales by Terri Fields2005
Soul Searching: Thirteen Stories about Faith and Belief by Lisa Rowe Fraustino2005
Destination Unexpected: Short Stories by Donald R. Gallo2005
A Fury of Motion: Poems for Boys by Charles Ghigna2005
Dead Girls Don't Write Letters by Gail Giles2005
Fat Kid Rules the World by K. L. Going2005
Who Owns Kelly Paddik? by Beth Goobie2005
Shooting Monarchs by John Halliday2005
Bull Rider by Marilyn Halvorson2005
Geography Club by Brent Hartinger2005
Mountain Solo by Jeanette Ingold2005
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson2005
Finding Our Way by Rene Saldana Jr.2005
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd2005
Home of the Braves by David Klass2005
The Losers' Club by John Lekich2005
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler2005
Acceleration by Graham McNamee2005
Zipped (Knopf Readers Circle) by Laura McNeal2005
Hour of Freedom: American History in Poetry by Milton Meltzer2005
Inside The Alamo by Jim Murphy2005
Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope by Beverley Naidoo2005
Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis by Pete Nelson2005
Nightmare by Joan Lowery Nixon2005
Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa2005
Eragon by Christopher Paolini2005
Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick2005
Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce2005
Crime Scene: The Ultimate Guide to Forensic Science by Richard Platt2005
The She by Carol Plum-Ucci2005
The Encyclopedia of Preserved People: Pickled, Frozen, and Mummified Corpses from Around the World by Natalie Jane Prior2005
After by Francine Prose2005
Slumming by Kristen D. Randle2005
Point of Honour by Madeleine E. Robins2005
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi2005
The Dark Horse by Marcus Sedgwick2005
Flavor of the Week by Tucker Shaw2005
Pool Boy (Readers Circle) by Michael Simmons2005
Lucy the Giant by Sherri L. Smith2005
The Afterlife by Gary Soto2005
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli2005
At the End of Words: A Daughter's Memoir by Miriam Stone2005
Frida: Bringing Frida Kahlo's Life and Art to Film by Julie Taymor2005

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