Tayshas High School Reading List2019

Given by Texas Library Association Young Adult Roundtable

Other Names: TLA Tayshas High School Reading List
74 Works 70,800 Books 3,473 Reviews 4.1
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
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo2019
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu2019
Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett2019
Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman2019
Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All by Candace Fleming2019
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka2019
Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam by Elizabeth Partridge2019
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds2019
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover2019
Pride by Ibi Zoboi2019

No Stage 64

WorkYear
A Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi2019
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi2019
Love, Hate and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed2019
Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson2019
We Are All That's Left by Carrie Arcos2019
The Special Ones by Em Bailey2019
A Psalm for Lost Girls by Katie Bayerl2019
Far from the Tree by Robin Benway2019
A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti2019
Not If I Save You First by Ally Carter2019
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy2019
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo2019
The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli2019
The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton2019
The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily by Laura Creedle2019
An Uninterrupted View of the Sky by Melanie Crowder2019
Losers Bracket by Chris Crutcher2019
Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now by Dana L. Davis2019
The Unlikelies by Carrie Firestone2019
American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott2019
Caraval by Stephanie Garber2019
The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo2019
Invictus by Ryan Graudin2019
She Rides Shotgun: A Novel by Jordan Harper2019
Prince Charming by Rachel Hawkins2019
When Life Gives You Demons by Jennifer Honeybourn2019
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland2019
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson2019
Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lita Judge2019
Dare Mighty Things by Heather Kaczynski2019
Tradition by Brendan Kiely2019
Dear Rachel Maddow: A Novel by Adrienne Kisner2019
Cadaver & Queen by Alisa Kwitney2019
Autoboyography by Christina Lauren2019
Mercy Rule by Tom Leveen2019
Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig2019
Bang by Barry Lyga2019
I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall2019
Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough2019
Camp Valor (The Camp Valor Series) by Scott McEwen2019
What I Leave Behind by Alison McGhee2019
A Blade So Black by L. L. McKinney2019
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon2019
The Stars at Oktober Bend by Glenda Millard2019
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng2019
Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners by Naomi Shihab Nye2019
There There by Tommy Orange2019
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan2019
This Story Is a Lie by Tom Pollock2019
I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope by Chessy Prout2019
A Short History of the Girl Next Door by Jared Reck2019
After the Shot Drops by Randy Ribay2019
Always Forever Maybe by Anica Mrose Rissi2019
Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card by Sara Saedi2019
Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer2019
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater2019
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez2019
The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding2019
What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper2019
Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork2019
Price of Duty by Todd Strasser2019
Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin by James L. Swanson2019
The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas2019
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang2019

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