20062007 Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominees

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2006-2007Texas Bluebonnet AwardNominees
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The Big HousebyCarolyn Coman

• When Ivy and Rays parents are sent to jail and
  line the custody of their parents accusers, they
  decide to look for evidence that will spring
  their parents.

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Encyclopedia Prehistorica Dinosaurs The
Definitive PopUpbyRobert Sabuda

• This book contains a collection of facts
  and information on dinosaurs, including over
  thirty-five pop-ups of these prehistoric animals
  as well as descriptions of over fifty different
  species.

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Each Little Bird that SingsbyDeborah Wiles

• Comfort Snowberger is well acquainted
  with death since her family runs the funeral
  parlor in their small southern town, but even so
  the ten-year-old is unprepared for the series of
  heart-wrenching events that begins on the first
  day of Easter vacation with the sudden death of
  her beloved great-uncle Edisto.

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The Forging of the BladebyR. L. LaFevers

• Ten-year-old Kenric leaves the village of
  Penrith to look for his father who recently has
  gone missing, and discovers that the evil Lord
  Mordig is plotting to take over the kingdom.

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Ghost Fever / Mal de FantasmabyJoe Hayes

• In the 1950s, fourteen-year-old Elena
  Padilla and her father move into a haunted house
  in Duston, Arizona, where only Elena can see and
  help the ghost of the young girl who died there.

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Giant Rat of Sumatra or Pirates GalorebySid
Fleischman

• A cabin boy on a pirate ship finds
  himself in San Diego in 1846 as war breaks out
  between the United States and Mexico.

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Good DogbyJoe Hayes

• Presents a colorful picture book
  featuring sixteen portraits of dogs each
  accompanied by a corresponding poem.

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In Your Face The Facts About Your
FeaturesbyDonna Jackson

• Presents an extensive study of the face
  and discusses how facial recognition technology
  can help find missing persons as well as how
  different cultures define beauty.

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The Lightning ThiefbyRick Riordan

• Percy, expelled from six schools for
  being unable to control his temper, learns the
  truth from his mother that his father is the
  Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half
  Blood where he is befriended by a satyr and the
  demigod daughter of Athena who join him in a
  journey to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus's
  lightning bolt and prevent a catastrophic war.

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The Magicians BoybyElaine Landau

• A boy who works for a magician meets familiar
  fairy tale characters when he is transported to
  the Land of Story in search of a missing puppet.

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Mosquito BitebyAlexandra Siy

• Presents an overview of the process of a
  mosquito bite, describing the different parts of
  a mosquito, and includes a combination of
  black-and-white photographs of children playing
  hide-and-seek and up-close, microscopic photos of
  actual mosquitos.

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The PenderwicksA Summer Tale of Four Sisters,
Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boyby
Patricia McKissack

• While vacationing with their widowed father in
  the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters,
  ages four through twelve, share adventures with a
  local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish
  mother.

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Project MulberrybyLinda Park

• Julia, a Korean-American, and her friend
  Patrick learn about tolerance, friendship, and
  patience while working together on a project
  about silkworms.

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Sixteen Years in Sixteen SecondsThe Sammy Lee
StorybyPaula Yoo

• Presents the true story of Dr. Sammy Lee and
  his desire to become an Olympic diver in an age
  when racism and prejudice ruled in America, and
  describes how he honored his father's wishes to
  become a doctor as well.

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So B. ItbySarah Weeks

• After spending her life with her mentally
  retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor,
  twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada,
  to New York to find out who she is.

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The SOS FilebyBetsy Byars

• The students in Mr. Magro's class submit
  stories for the SOS file about their biggest
  emergencies, and then they read them aloud for
  extra credit.

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Sure As SunriseStories of Bruh Rabbit and His
Walkin Talking FriendsbyAlice McGill

• Presents five stories of Bruh Rabbit and
  his friends, based on tales the author heard
  growing up in Halifax County, North Carolina.

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Surviving Antartica Reality TV 2083byAndrea
White

• In the year 2083, five fourteen-year-olds
  who were deprived by chance of the opportunity to
  continue their educations reenact Scott's
  1910-1913 expedition to the South Pole as
  contestants on a reality television show,
  secretly aided by a Department of Entertainment
  employee.

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The Toughest CowboybyJohn Frank

• A group of grizzly cowboys are
  transformed when Foofy, a French poodle, comes to
  live with them on the range.

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Wildfire!byElizabeth Hill

• Living with his great-grandmother in rural
  Florida, ten-year-old Ben looks forward to the
  Fourth of July celebrations, but the day becomes
  complicated by the presence of a new neighbor
  boy, a stray puppy, and local wildfires.