TAYSHAS
What is TAYSHAS?
Purpose of the List: The Tayshas High School Reading List (THSRL) is a recommended reading list developed by public and school librarians from the Young Adult Round Table (YART). The purpose of the list is to encourage students in grades 9-12 to explore a variety of current books. The Tayshas list is intended for recreational reading, not to support a specific curriculum.
How it is Divided: The most current year is on display, and the previous lists are all combined together.
'TAYSHAS' takes its name from the Caddo Indian word meaning "friends or allies." Written texas, texios, tejas, 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 . (Newcomb, W.W., Jr. The Indians from Texas: Prehistoric to Modern Times. University of Texas Press, 1961).