Title: 20072008 Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominees
12007-2008Texas Bluebonnet AwardNominees
2FiregirlbyTony Abbott
- A middle school boy's life is changed
when Jessica, a girl disfigured by burns, starts
attending his Catholic school while receiving
treatment at a local hospital.
3The Blue GhostbyMarion Dane Bauer
At her grandmother's log cabin,
nine-year-old Liz is led to make contact with
children she believes may be her ancestors.
4The Greatest Skating Race a WWII Story from the
NetherlandsbyLouise Borden
During World War II in the Netherlands, a
ten-year-old boy's dream of skating in a famous
race allows him to help two children escape to
Belgium by ice skating past German soldiers and
other enemies.
5The Misadventures of Maude March, or, Trouble
Rides a Fast HorsebyAudrey Couloumbis
- After the death of the stern aunt who
raised them since they were orphaned,
eleven-year-old Sallie and her fifteen-year-old
sister escape their self-serving guardians and
begin an adventure resembling those in the dime
novels Sallie loves to read.
6Chicken BoybyFrances ORoark Dowell
Since the death of his mother, Tobin's
family life and school life have been in
disarray, but after he starts raising chickens
with his seventh-grade classmate, Henry,
everything starts to fall into place.
7Who Stole Halloween?byMartha Freeman
- When nine-year-old Alex and his friend
Yasmeen investigate the disappearance of cats in
their neighborhood, they stumble onto a larger
mystery involving a haunted house and a ghostly
cat.
8Double IdentitybyMargaret Peterson Haddix
Thirteen-year-old Bethany's parents have
always been overprotective, but when they
suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation,
leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed,
Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her
question everything she thought she knew about
herself and her family.
9WeedflowerbyCynthis Kadohata
After twelve-year-old Sumiko and her
Japanese-American family are relocated from their
flower farm in southern California to an
internment camp on a Mojave Indian reservation in
Arizona, she helps her family and neighbors,
becomes friends with a local Indian boy, and
tries to hold on to her dream of owning a flower
shop.
10The Ghosts GravebyPeg Kehret
Apprehensive about spending the summer in
Washington State with his Aunt Ethel when his
parents get an overseas job, twelve-year-old Josh
soon finds adventure when he meets the ghost of a
coal miner.
11The Year of the DogbyGrace Lin
Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for
anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets
out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of
the Dog, those of making best friends and finding
oneself, to her own life.
12Outside and Inside MummiesbySandra Markle
Describes the technology that is used in
uncover the many secrets of mummies including how
they died, their age, and their diet.
13Hubert Invents the WheelbyClaire Montgomery
A creative fifteen-year-old boy in ancient
Sumeria invents the wheel, resulting in many
adventures, both humorous and threatening.
14Roxie and the HooligansbyPhyllis Reynolds Naylor
Roxie Warbler, the niece of a famous
explorer, follows Uncle Dangerfoot's advice on
how to survive any crisis when she becomes
stranded on an island with a gang of school
bullies and a pair of murderous bank robbers.
15On the RoadbyLucy Nolan
A dog who thinks her name is Down Girl goes
on a car ride to the beach, goes camping in the
woods, and reluctantly pays a visit to the vet
with her master, Rruff.
16Pompeii Lost FoundbyMary Pope Osborne
The famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius that
snuffed out life in Pompeii and buried the town
has long been a fascinating moment in history for
children.
17Ballet of the ElephantsbyLeda Schubert
This is the true story of a ballet
choreographed for fifty elephants in the circus
by George Balanchine with music by Igor
Stravinsky.
18Leven Thumps and the Gateway to FoobyObert Skye
When fate brings fourteen-year-old Leven and
thirteen-year-old Winter together, they discover
that for mankind to continue dreaming, the
gateway between reality and dreams needs to be
found and demolished.
19Bella at MidnightbyDiane Stanley
- Raised by peasants, Bella discovers that
she is actually the daughter of a knight and
finds herself caught up in a terrible plot that
will change her life and the kingdom forever.
20George Crum and the Saratoga ChipbyGaylia
Taylor
- Describes chef George Crum's childhood
as a part-Native-American, part-African-American
boy in rural 1830s New York, his adventures
cooking at Moon's Lake House restaurant in
Sarasota Springs, and his accidental invention of
one of America's most beloved snacks.
21Earth Dragon AwakesThe San Francisco Earthquake
of 1906byLaurence Yep
- Eight-year-old Henry and nine-year-old
Chin love to read about heroes in popular "penny
dreadful" novels, until they both witness real
courage while trying to survive the 1906 San
Francisco earthquake.