LibGuides: Bluebonnet Award Lists: 2015-2016

Bluebonnet Award Winner and Master List
2015-2016

All Titles

When the Beat Was Born : DJ Kook Herc and the creation of hip hop by Laban Carrick Hill; Theodore Taylor (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy HI (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9781596435407
Publication Date: 2013-08-27
The story of the start of breakdancinghip hop, and their first DJ.

Always Abigail by Nancy Cavanaugh | Emily's Blue Period by Cathleen Daly
The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage | Grandfather Gandhi by Arun Gandhi
The Great American Dust Bowl by Don Brown

Always, Abigail by Nancy J. Cavanaugh
Call Number: J-Fiction CA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9781402293030
Publication Date: 2014-08-05
Sixth grader Abigail, assigned a different homeroom than her two best friends and made only the alternate on the pom-pom squad, learns a lot about popularity and true friendship when paired with unpopular Gabby for a year-long "Friendly Letter Assignment.
Always, Abigail [E-Book] by Nancy J. Cavanaugh
Call Number: j-Fiction CA Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9781402293054
Publication Date: 2014-08-05

Emily's Blue Period by Cathleen Daly; Lisa Brown (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy DA (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9781596434691
Publication Date: 2014-06-17
After her parents get divorced, Emily finds comfort in making and learning about art.

The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage
Call Number: J-Fiction TU (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780803736719
Publication Date: 2014-02-04
When Miss Lana accidentally buys a haunted inn at the Tupelo Landing town auction, Desperado Detectives--aka Mo LoBeau and her best friend Dale--open up a paranormal division to solve the ghost's identity before the town's big 250th anniversary bash.

Grandfather Gandhi by Arun Gandhi; Bethany Hegedus; Evan Turk (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy GA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9781442423657
Publication Date: 2014-03-11
Arun visits his grandfather, Mahatma Gandhi, and wonders if he has the patience, temperament, and character to make him proud in this uniquely personal tale.

The Great American Dust Bowl by Don Brown (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-978 BRO (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780547815503
Publication Date: 2013-10-08
A gripping graphic novel account of one of America's most catastrophic natural events: The Dust Bowl.

The Heroes Guide to Surviving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy | The Lost Planet by Rachel Searles
The Misadventures of Salem Hyde, Book 1 by Frank Cammuso | The Mountain Dog by Margarita Engle
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

The Lost Planet by Rachel Searles
Call Number: J-Ficiton SE (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9781250038791
Publication Date: 2014-01-28
Chase Garrety wakes up with no memory on the planet Trucon inside a fence line he shouldn't have been able to cross, with a blaster wound to the back of his head, and under the protection of a mysterious benefactor. All he does know is he has a message--"Guide the star"--and that time is running out.

Mountain Dog by Margarita Engle; Aleksey & Olga Ivanov (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Ficiton EN (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780805095166
Publication Date: 2013-08-13
When his mother is sent to jail in Los Angeles, eleven-year-old Tony goes to live with his forest ranger great-uncle in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Tony experiences unconditional love for the first time through his friendship with a rescue dog.

The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
Call Number: J-Fiction AU (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9781419711442
Publication Date: 2014-05-20
Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house.
The Night Gardener [E-Book] by Jonathan Auxier
Call Number: J-Fiction AU Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9781613126608
Publication Date: 2014-05-20

Quinny and Hopper by Adriana Brad Schanen | The Right Word by Jen Bryant
Rutherford B., Who Was He? by Marilyn Singer | Saving Lucas Biggs by Marisa and David de los Santos
Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh

Quinny & Hopper by Adriana Brad Schanen; Greg Swearingen (Illustrator, Cover Design by)
Call Number: J-Fiction SC (Juvenle Fiction)
ISBN: 9781423178293
Publication Date: 2014-06-10
Two polar-opposite eight year olds who become summer best friends find their friendship threatened by the uncertainties of a new school year.

The Right Word : Roget and his thesaurus by Jen Bryant; Melissa Sweet (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy B ROG (Easy biography)
ISBN: 9780802853851
Publication Date: 2014-09-15
An interesting portrayal of Peter Mark Roget and the creation of the thesaurus.

Rutherford B. , Who Was He? by Marilyn Singer; John Hendrix (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-811.54 SIN (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9781423171003
Publication Date: 2013-12-17
Rhythm and innovative rhyme brings the presidents of the United States to life and contextualizes them in their time.

Saving Lucas Biggs by Marisa de los Santos; David Teague
Call Number: J-Fiction DE (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780062274625
Publication Date: 2014-04-29
When thirteen-year-old Margaret's father is sentenced to death for a crime he didn't commit, she knows the only way to save him is to use the forbidden family power of time travel.

Separate Is Never Equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
Call Number: Easy TON (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9781419710544
Publication Date: 2014-05-06
Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California.
Separate Is Never Equal [E-Book] by Duncan Tonatiuh
Call Number: Easy TON Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9781613126332
Publication Date: 2014-05-06

The Scraps Book by Lois Ehlert | Skyjumpers by Peggy Eddleman
The Vanishing Coin by Kate Egan | Zane and the Hurricane by Philbrick Rodman

The Scraps Book : notes from a colorful life by Lois Ehlert (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy EH (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9781442435711
Publication Date: 2014-03-04
This gifted picture book maker opens the doors to her studio and her life to share her thoughts about her creative process.

The Vanishing Coin by Kate Egan; Mike Lane; Eric Wight (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction EG (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9781250029140
Publication Date: 2014-04-22
Mike reluctantly bonds with good-girl neighbor Nora while learning fun skills at The White Rabbit magic shop, the owner of which believes Mike could become a great magician.

Zane and the Hurricane : a story of Katrina by Rodman Philbrick
Call Number: J-Ficiton PH (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780545342384
Publication Date: 2014-02-25
A twelve-year-old boy and his dog become trapped in New Orleans during the horrors of Hurricane Katrina.

Bluebonnet Award Lists

When the Beat Was Born : DJ Kook Herc and the creation of hip hop

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