Tayshas High School Reading List2014

Given by Texas Library Association Young Adult Roundtable

Other Names: TLA Tayshas High School Reading List
58 Works 62,062 Books 3,865 Reviews ½ 4.0
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)

Top Ten 10

WorkYear
All the Truth That's in Me by Julie Berry2014
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black2014
The Wicked and the Just by J. Anderson Coats2014
Ask the Passengers by A. S. King2014
Reality Boy by A. S. King2014
Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg2014
The Tragedy Paper by Elizabeth LaBan2014
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell2014
Winger by Andrew Smith2014
Are You Experienced? by Jordan Sonnenblick2014

No Stage 48

WorkYear
The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi by Neal Bascomb2014
Wise Young Fool by Sean Beaudoin2014
The Sin-Eater's Confession by Ilsa J. Bick2014
Dear Life, You Suck by Scott Blagden2014
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken2014
Thousand Words by Jennifer Brown2014
The Dark Unwinding by Sharon Cameron2014
Spirit and Dust by Rosemary Clement-Moore2014
Earth Girl by Janet Edwards2014
The Good Braider by Terry Farish2014
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner2014
Kindness for Weakness by Shawn Goodman2014
Burning Blue by Paul Griffin2014
Under the Bridge by Michael Harmon2014
Rapture Practice by Aaron Hartzler2014
Crash and Burn by Michael Hassan2014
The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die by April Henry2014
The Fire Horse Girl by Kay Honeyman2014
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip Hoose2014
Scowler by Daniel Kraus2014
Butter by Erin Jade Lange2014
Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt2014
Jepp, Who Defied the Stars by Katherine Marsh2014
Far Far Away by Tom McNeal2014
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina2014
Amber House by Kelly Moore2014
If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch2014
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman2014
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick2014
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos2014
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell2014
Gorgeous by Paul Rudnick2014
This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales2014
The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson2014
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson2014
The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider2014
Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick2014
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys2014
The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd2014
The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories by Maggie Stiefvater2014
Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone2014
Golden Boy by Tara Sullivan2014
The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas2014
The Waking Dark by Robin Wasserman2014
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein2014
When You Were Here by Daisy Whitney2014
In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters2014
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey2014

Tags

adventure(9,870) audiobook(6,412) biography(4,083) coming of age(9,247) contemporary(7,971) death(9,626) dystopia(8,998) dystopian(5,350) ebook(9,644) family(11,636) fantasy(47,569) favorites(6,062) fiction(112,313) friendship(11,750) goodreads(5,927) high school(7,714) historical(4,141) historical fiction(18,932) history(5,835) horror(4,857) humor(4,088) Kindle(6,201) library(4,607) love(6,218) magic(5,634) memoir(6,578) murder(4,362) mystery(20,249) non-fiction(17,388) novel(10,707) own(8,621) owned(3,849) paranormal(4,084) read(20,994) realistic fiction(10,658) relationships(4,379) romance(23,628) science fiction(21,297) series(9,187) survival(5,659) suspense(5,201) teen(11,710) thriller(10,374) to-read(148,411) unread(4,961) vampires(5,629) wwii(6,998) young adult(69,085) young adult fiction(10,799)

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