2021-2022 Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominees

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Series

Click volume 3

Description

Act is the funny and honest follow-up to the middle school graphic novel sensations Click and Camp. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier, Shannon Hale, and Victoria Jamieson. How do you know when the person who can make the difference . . . is you? Olive is excited to start sixth grade: new teachers, new experiences, and a field trip to the big city with her best buds! But when Olive finds out that a school policy is keeping some kids from...

2) The best of Iggy

Author

Barrows, Annie

Series

Iggy volume 1

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Book, eAudiobook

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Relates three times that nine-year-old Iggy got into trouble, two of which he does not regret and one for which he is very, very sorry. Welcome to the wonderful world of Iggy, where the motto is: It seemed like a good idea at the time. Iggy is not a bad kid - he's really not. Okay, so he's done a few bad things. And okay, he's not very sorry about most of them. No one got hurt! Except for that one time when the Best Idea Ever turned into the Worst...

3) Black brother, Black brother

Author

Rhodes, Jewell Parker

Formats:

Book, Playaway

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Suspended unjustly from elite Middlefield Prep, Donte Ellison studies fencing with a former champion, hoping to put the racist fencing team captain in his place.

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A year after the death of her mother in a restaurant shooting, Nora is left struggling to stay alive when a climbing trip with her father goes terribly wrong.

5) Efrén Divided

Author

Cisneros, Ernesto

Formats:

eBook, Kindle

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Winner of the Pura Belpré Award!

"We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel more deeply, so that we might be more human in these unkind times. This is a book doing work of the spirit in a time of darkness." —Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street

Efrén Nava's Amá is his Superwoman—or Soperwoman, named after the delicious Mexican sopes his

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6) The elephant's girl

Author

Rimington, Celesta

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Book, eAudiobook

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Twelve-year-old Lexington, a foundling raised in a zoo, spends a summer cementing friendships, growing closer to the elephant that saved her life, and learning about her family and herself.

7) Follow those zebras: solving a migration mystery

Author

Markle, Sandra

Series

Sandra Markle's science discoveries

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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Every year in Namibia, about two thousand zebras suddenly disappear from their grazing area along the Chobe River. Months later, the herd returns. Where do they go? And why? Thanks to satellite-tracking collars, scientists were able to solve the mystery, but several questions remain. Award-winning science author Sandra Markle reveals the process scientists used to study the zebras, and she also delves into the science of migration, exploring how animals...

8) A hatful of dragons: and more than 13.8 billion other funny poems

Author

Madan, Vikram

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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"Ideal for fans of Jack Prelutsky and Shel Silverstein, this collection of hilarious poems features delicious vocabulary and a wide range of subjects, as well as recurring characters and subplots in the art that weave the poems together and add to the merriment."--Provided by publisher.

9) Honeybee: the busy life of Apis mellifera

Author

Fleming, Candace

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Describes the life cycle of the hard-working honeybee.

10) The incredibly dead pets of Rex Dexter

Author

Reynolds, Aaron

Series

Incredibly dead pets of Rex Dexter volume 1

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Book, eAudiobook, Playaway

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Cursed by an old carnival game, sixth-grader Rex Dexter uses his new ability to communicate with dead animals to investigate the mysterious deaths of endangered zoo animals.

11) Lexi Magill and the teleportation tournament

Author

Long, Kim (Kim D.)

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Twelve-year-old physics whiz Lexi Magill won't let anything stop her from winning Wisconsin's Teleportation Tournament-- the annual competition where teams teleport around the world to solve STEAM-based puzzles. She needs the prize money if she wants to re-enroll in the science academy her parents can no longer afford. Added bonus: she'll be able to reconnect with her best friend Haley. But Lexi's two teammates put a wrench in her plans. When one...

12) Memoirs of a tortoise

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Oliver the tortoise has had his human, Ike, for a very, very long time now. In fact, they're the same age--80 years old--and practically twins. They both enjoy the slowness of the garden, cool water from the hose on a hot day, and a nice slice of honeydew melon. But when Ike stops visiting the garden, Oliver wonders why his pet has left him so soon. So he makes the long journey to see his mother ten gardens away--she will certainly have the answer....

13) The oldest student: how Mary Walker learned to read

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Hubbard, Rita L

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"A picture book biography sharing the inspiring and incredible true story of the nation's oldest student, Mary Walker, who learned to read at the age of 116"-- Provided by publisher.

14) Our friend hedgehog: the story of us

Author

Castillo, Lauren

Series

Our friend Hedgehog volume 1

Description

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Sometimes you make a friend, and it feels like you have known that friend your entire life. . . . Hedgehog lives on a teeny-tiny island with only her stuffed dog, Mutty, for company. When a great storm carries Mutty away, she embarks on a quest to find her friend. Following the trail of clues Mutty left behind, brave Hedgehog meets a wiggly Mole, a wordy Owl, a curmudgeonly Beaver, a scatterbrained Hen and Chicks, and a girl who's new to the neighborhood,...

15) Scary stories for young foxes

Author

Heidicker, Christian McKay

Series

Scary stories for young foxes volume 2

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Book, eAudiobook, Playaway

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The haunted season has arrived in the Antler Wood. No fox kit is safe. When Mia and Uly are separated from their litters, they discover a dangerous world full of monsters. In order to find a den to call home, they must venture through field and forest, facing unspeakable things that dwell in the darkness: a zombie who hungers for their flesh, a witch who tries to steal their skins, a ghost who hunts them through the snow . . . and other things too...

16) The secret garden of George Washington Carver

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Barretta, Gene

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Publisher Annotation: When George Washington Carver was just a young child, he had a secret: a garden of his own. Here, he rolled dirt between his fingers to check if plants needed more rain or sun. He protected roots through harsh winters, so plants could be reborn in the spring. He trimmed flowers, spread soil, studied life cycles. And it was in this very place that George's love of nature sprouted into something so much more-his future. Gene Barretta's...

17) Sharuko: el arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello = Peruvian archaeologist Julio C. Tello

Author

Brown, Monica

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Una biograf?a pict?rica de Julio C. Tello, considerado el fundador de la arqueolog?a peruana moderna, que rastrea su vida desde un temprano inter?s por las culturas antiguas del Per? hasta su ascenso como el cient?fico social ind?gena m?s distinguido del siglo XX. "A picture biography of Julio C. Tello, considered to be the founder of modern Peruvian archaeology, that traces his life from an early interest in Peru's ancient cultures to his rise as...

18) Someplace to call home

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Dallas, Sandra

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In 1933, when twelve-year-old Hallie Turner and her brothers, Tom and Benny, take to the road seeking whatever work they can get, they find kindness in small-town Kansas.

19) Swish!: the slam-dunking, alley-ooping, high-flying Harlem Globetrotters

Author

Slade, Suzanne

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Publisher Annotation: In this book you will find one-finger ball-spinning, rapid-fire mini-dribbling, and a ricochet head shot! You will find skilled athletes, expert players, and electrifying performers -- all rolled into one! You will find nonstop, give-it-all-you've-got, out-to-win-it, sky's-the-limit BASKETBALL! You will find The Harlem Globetrotters, who played the most groundbreaking, breathtaking ball the world had ever seen. With rhythmic...

20) Tristan Strong punches a hole in the sky

Author

Mbalia, Kwame

Series

Tristan Strong volume 1

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Playaway

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Seventh-grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month he's going to spend on his grandparents' farm. But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up and steals Eddie's notebook. Tristan chases after it, and a tug-of-war ensues between them underneath a...