20072008 Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominees

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2007-2008Texas Bluebonnet AwardNominees
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FiregirlbyTony 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.

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The 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.
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The 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.
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The 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.

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Chicken 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.
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Who 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.

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Double 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.
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WeedflowerbyCynthis 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.

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The 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.
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The 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.
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Outside 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.
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Hubert Invents the WheelbyClaire Montgomery
A creative fifteen-year-old boy in ancient
Sumeria invents the wheel, resulting in many
adventures, both humorous and threatening.

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Roxie 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.
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On 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.
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Pompeii 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.
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Ballet 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.
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Leven 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.
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Bella 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.

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George 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.

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Earth 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.