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ATPE Book of the Month Club
Want to encourage your students to read for leisure and get more out of their reading? Every month we’ll choose
one book from each of three reading lists compiled by the Texas Library Association
and provide printable questions you can use with students for reflection or discussion. We’ll also link you to the
Texas Library Association’s selections for preschool through grade 2.
Certificate
Give students who have finished reading an ATPE Book of the Month selection a
certificate for their efforts.
ATPE Book of the Month Club Certificate
Check out this month’s selections
| Preschool - Grade
2 |
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2x2 reading list and
activity ideas |
| Grades 3-5 |
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Texas Bluebonnet
Award reading list |
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Crossing Bok Chitto by Tim Tingle
The Bok Chitto is a river that cuts through Mississippi. Choctaws live on one side of the river, and plantation owners
and their slaves live on the other. If a slave escapes and makes his way across Bok Chitto, the slave is free. Martha Tom,
a young Choctaw girl, finds herself on the other side of the river and starts a friendship that will lead seven slaves to
freedom.
Questions |
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| Grades 6-8 |
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Lone Star reading
list |
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The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney by Suzanne Harper
Sparrow is the seventh and most powerful daughter in a family of psychics. She does everything she can to keep
her talents under wraps until a persistent ghost convinces her to help him.
Questions
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| High School |
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Tayshas reading list |
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Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
High school senior Tyler Miller used to fade into the background until he was put on probation for spraying graffiti
on the school and went through a summer growth spurt. Suddenly Bethany Milbury, one of the most popular girls in school
and the daughter of his father’s boss, actually seems interested in him. Tyler’s dreams of fitting in and pleasing his
father come crashing down when he’s named as the prime suspect in a police investigation of a crime involving Bethany.
Questions
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Archives
| Grades 3-5 |
| May |
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen;
Questions |
| March |
Way Down Deep by Ruth White;
Questions |
| February |
The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff;
Questions |
| January |
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O’Connor;
Questions |
| December |
The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 by Laurence
Yep;
Questions |
| November |
Chicken Boy by Frances O’Roark Dowell;
Questions |
| October |
Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye;
Questions |
September
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Roxie and the Hooligans by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor;
Questions
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| Grades 6-8 |
| May |
Peak by Roland Smith;
Questions |
| March |
Middle School is Worse than
Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff by Jennifer Holm;
Questions |
| February |
Chance Fortune and the Outlaws by Shane Berryhill;
Questions |
| January |
What the Moon Saw by Laura Resau;
Questions |
| December |
Home, and Other Big, Fat Lies by Jill Wolfson;
Questions |
| November |
Born to Rock by Gordon Korman;
Questions |
| October |
Heat by Mike Lupica;
Questions |
September
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Avalon High by Meg Cabot;
Questions
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| High School |
| May |
Enter Three Witches by
Caroline B. Cooney;
Questions |
| March |
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane
Setterfield;
Questions |
| February |
Blood Brothers by S.A. Harazin;
Questions |
| January |
Tamar by Mal Peet;
Questions |
| December |
Tallulah Falls by Christine Fletcher;
Questions |
| November |
Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial by Ronald Kidd;
Questions |
| October |
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen;
Questions |
| September |
The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks;
Questions |
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