Headlock by Joyce Sweeney

Headlock by Joyce Sweeney
Want to be a WWE wrestler? Join Kyle and his new friends as they learn from a former champion how to wrestle, how to engage the audience, and protect themselves not only in the ring, but out. You will experience the camaraderie of the wrestlers and the heartbreak of love and failure.
Realistic Fiction, Sports, Family, and a little Romance!

A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl by Tanya Lee Stone

A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl by Tanya Lee Stone
A fast paced story told from 3 girls perspective about the love or maybe the rejection of the school all-star jock. Learn how these girls redeem their reputations, move on with their life, and help each other in the end. Told through free verse. Realistic Fiction, Romance, Humor, and Poetry.

Peeps by Scott Westerfeld

Peeps by Scott Westerfeld

College freshman, Cal from Texas living in New York City, is infected with a new STD from a one-night-stand. This new STD transfers a parasite that causes humans to become vampires or peeps, as he likes to call them. You know, as 'his peeps'. Instead of acquiring all of the desvasting effects, Cal is a carrier. He works for an underground detective agency who is trying to stop the evolution of the "peeps." Science, Fantasy, Horror, and just a little Romance!

TAYSHAS 2007-2008 Reading List

Here is the Tayshas Reading List:

RF= Realistic Fiction
HF= Historical Fiction
SCI-FI=Science Fiction

1. Alten, Steve. The Loch.(F ALT).
2. Beard, Philip. Dear Zoe: A Novel. (F ALT) RF
3. Bondoux, Anne-Laure. The Killer’s Tears. (F BON)
4. Broach, Elise. Desert Crossing. (F BRO) RF
5. Brooks, Kevin. The Road of the Dead. (F BRO)
6. Connelly, Michael. The Closers: A Novel. (F CON) RF
7. Coy, John. Crackback. (F COY) RF
8. De La Cruz, Melissa. Blue Bloods. (F DEL) Fantasy
9. Dessen, Sarah. Just Listen. (F DES) RF
10. Draper, Sharon. Copper Sun. (F DRA) HF
11. Ferguson, Alane. The Christopher Killer. (F FER) RF
12. Flake, Sharon. Bang! (F FLA) RF
13. Fletcher, Christine. Tallulah Falls (F FLE) RF
14. Fredericks, Mariah. Crunch Time. (F FRE) RF
15. Freymann-Weyr, Garret. Stay With Me. (F FRE) RF
16. Gallo, Don, ed. What Are You Afraid Of? Stories About Phobias. (SC WHA)
17. Giblin, James Cross. Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth & John Wilkes.(920 GIB)
18. Giles, Gail. What Happened to Cass McBride? (F GIL)
19. Green, John. An Abundance of Katherines. (F GRE) RF
20. Grogan, John. Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog(636.72 GRO)
21. Halam, Ann. Siberia. (F HAL)SCI-FI
22. Hautman, Pete. Rash. (F HAU) SCI-FI
23. Henry, April. Shock Point. (F HEN) RF
24. Hopkins, Ellen. Burned. (F HOP) RF
25. Hyde, Katherine Ryan. Becoming Chloe. (F HYD) RF
26. Kantor, Melissa. If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where’s My Prince? (F KAN) Not available @ Lanier HS
27. Kidd, Ronald. Monkey Town. (F KID) HF
28. Korman, Gordon. Born to Rock. (F KOR) RF
29. Lehman, Carolyn. Strong at the Heart: How It Feels to Heal From Sexual Abuse. (362.76 STR)
30. Les Becquets, Diane. Love, Cajun Style. (F LES) Not available @ Lanier HS
31. Lynch, Chris. Inexcusable. (F LYN) RF
32. Lynn, Tracy. Rx. (F LYN) RF
33. Marino, Peter. Dough Boy.(F MAR) RF
34. McCormick, Patricia. Sold. (F MCC) RF
35. Miller, Mary Beth. On the Head of a Pin. (F MIL) RF
36. Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Dairy Queen. (F MUR) RF
37. Nazario, Sonia. Enrique’s Journey. (305.23 NAZ)
38. Nicholson, William. Seeker. (F NIC) Fantasy
39. Pfeffer, Susan Beth. Life As We Knew It. (F PFE) SCI-FI
40. Price, Charlie. Dead Connection. (F PRI)
41. Reinhardt, Dana. A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life. (F REI) RF
42. Shinn, Sharon. The Truth-Teller’s Tale. (F SHI) Fantasy
43. Sorrells, Walter. Club Dread. (F SOR) Mystery
44. Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Under the Persimmon Tree. (F STA) HF
45. Stone, Tanya Lee. A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl. (F STO) RF
46. Sweeney, Joyce. Headlock. (F SWE) RF
47. Tullson, Diane. Red Sea. (F TUL)Adventure
48. Vaught, Susan. Trigger. (F VAU) RF
49. Volponi, Paul. Rooftop. (F VOL) RF
50. Waltman, Kevin. Learning the Game. (F WAL) RF
51. Weaver, Will. Full Service. (F WEA) HF
52. Werlin, Nancy. The Rules of Survival. (F WER) RF
53. Westerfeld, Scott. Peeps. (F WES) Fantasy
54. Wooding, Chris. Poison. (F WOO) Fantasy
55. Zusak, Marcus. The Book Thief. (F ZUS) HF

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American-Born Chinese
By Gene Luen Yang
Review by Stella Farris

Three seemingly unrelated stories blend into a memorable tale of growing up Chinese American. The book begins with the ancient fable of the Monkey King, the proud leader of the monkeys. He is punished for entering the god's dinner party by being buried under a mountain for five hundred years. Second in the story of Jin Wang, the son of immigrants struggling to retain his Chinese identity while longing to be more Americanized. The fnial story is that of Cousin Chin-Kee, an amalgamation of the worst Chinese stereotypes. Chin-Kee yearly visits his all-American cousin Danny, causing so much embarrassment that Danny must chage schools. The final chapter unifies the three tales into one version of what it means to be American-born Chinese.
Review from School Library Journal








Yang, Gene Luen. American- Born Chinese. New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2006.

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