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[2014]., Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth.
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[2020]., Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: ROMANCE F TAM Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Carli and Rex have an immediate connection, an understanding that must mean first love, but family secrets, disappointments--and basketball, which holds center stage in both their lives--all create complications"--Provided by the publisher.
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2021., Juvenile, Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company Call No: Fic Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Decades after Toby's life-changing summer with Zachary Beaver, Toby's daughter Rylee is at a crossroads--her best friend, Twig, has started pushing her away just as Joe, a kid from New York, settles into their small town. The two unlikely friends soon embark on a project to find Zachary Beaver and hopefully reconnect him with Rylee's father almost thirty years later. But while they are on their sleuthing adventure, Rylee learns the real reason why Joe and his mother left New York City in the wake of 9/11"--From book jacket.
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2019., Juvenile, First Second Call No: GN WAL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A chance encounter sends runaway Bea on a journey through West Texas with Lou, who Bea must trust as she is driven to confront buried truths about loss and heartbreak.
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By Mendez, Matt[2019]., Adolescent, Atheneum Call No: REALISTIC F MEN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Three Mexican-Americans---Juan, JD, and Fabi---each try to overcome their individual struggles as they all grapple with how to make a better life for themselves when it seems like brown lives don't matter.
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[2018]., Pre-adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: FIC GRE Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade football season to his recently-deceased father, an NFL legend, but the pressure to succeed is magnified by his inability to read.
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[2018]., Pre-adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: Blue Fiction GREEN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade football season to his recently-deceased father, an NFL legend, but the pressure to succeed is magnified by his inability to read.
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1997., Primary, Scholastic Press Call No: 398.2 CINDERELLA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Loosely based on "Cinderella," this story is set in Texas, the fairy godmother is a cow, and the hero, named Bubba, is the stepson of a wicked rancher.
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c2008, Primary, Clarion Books Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After hunters kill off the buffalo around her Texas ranch, a woman begins raising orphan buffalo calves and eventually ships four members of her small herd to Yellowstone National Park, where they form the beginnings of newly thriving buffalo herds. Based on the true story of Mary Ann Goodnight and her husband Charles.
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c2008., Primary, Clarion Books Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After hunters kill off the buffalo around her Texas ranch, a woman begins raising orphan buffalo calves and eventually ships four members of her small herd to Yellowstone National Park, where they form the beginnings of newly thriving buffalo herds. Based on the true story of Mary Ann Goodnight and her husband Charles.
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By Lai, Thanhha[2019]., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: HISTORICAL F LAI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In the final days of the Viet Nam War, Hang takes her little brother, Linh, to the airport, determined to find a way to safety in America. In a split second, Linh is ripped from her arms--and Hang is left behind in the war-torn country. Six years later, Hang has made the brutal journey from Viet Nam and is now in Texas as a refugee. She doesn't know how she will find the little brother who was taken from her until she meets LeeRoy, a city boy with big rodeo dreams, who decides to help her. Hang is overjoyed when she reunites with Linh. But when she realizes he doesn't remember her, their family, or Viet Nam, her heart is crushed. Though the distance between them feels greater than ever, Hang has come so far that she will do anything to bridge the gap"--From the publisher's web site.
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By Rinaldi, Annc2007, Pre-adolescent, Harcourt Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fourteen-year-old Luli and her family face tragedy after failing to tell their slaves that President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation made them free.
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Ã2014., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st pbk. ed.: April 2015. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Twelve-year-old Mysti Murphy of Texas wishes she were a character in a book. If her life were fiction, she'd know how to solve her problems at school; take care of her family when her dad has to spend time in the hospital; and deal with her family's secret: that her mother is agoraphobic and never leaves the house"--Provided by publisher.
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2015., Henry Holt and Company Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Calpurnia Tate Volume: 2Summary Note: In rural Texas in 1900, when a storm blows change into town in the form of a visiting veterinarian, twelve-year-old Callie discovers a life and a vocation she desperately wants. But with societal expectations as they are, she will need all her wits and courage to realize her dreams.
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2015., Pre-adolescent, Henry Holt and Co. Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed.--2015. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In rural Texas in 1900, when a storm blows change into town in the form of a visiting veterinarian, twelve-year-old Callie discovers a life and a vocation she desperately wants. But with societal expectations as they are, she will need all her wits and courage to realize her dreams"--Provided by publisher.
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By Tingle, Tim[2013]., Adolescent, 7th Generation Call No: NL HISTORICAL F TIN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Danny Blackgoat Volume: 1
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By Hale, Marian2010., Pre-adolescent, Square Fish Call No: HISTORICAL F HAL Edition: 1st Square Fish ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: While salvaging and rebuilding in the aftermath of the Galveston flood of 1900, sixteen-year-old Seth proves himself in a way that his previous efforts never could, but he still must face his father man-to-man.
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[2017]., Pre-adolescent, Piñata Books, Arte Público Press Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: It's the summer of 1911 in northern Mexico, and soon the de Leon family learns that the rumors of soldiers in the region are true.
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[2017]., Pre-adolescent, Piñata Books, Arte Público Press Call No: HISTORICAL F NOB Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: It's the summer of 1911 in northern Mexico, and soon the de Leon family learns that the rumors of soldiers in the region are true.
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[2019]., Adolescent, Inkyard Press Call No: REALISTIC F JOH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: One year ago, Brooke Covington lost everything when her beloved older brother, Jason, confessed to the murder of his best friend, Calvin. When Brooke sees Calvin's younger brother, Heath, on the side of the road and offers him a ride, everything changes. She needs someone to talk to and so does Heath. Soon, they're meeting in secret, despite knowing that both families would be horrified if they found out. In the place of his anger and her guilt, something frighteningly tender begins to develop, drawing them ever closer together. But when a new secret comes out about the murder, Brooke has to choose whose pain she's willing to live with: her family's or Heath's. Because she can't heal one without hurting the other.
