LibGuides: Bluebonnet Award Lists: 2018-2019

Bluebonnet Award Winner and Master List
2018-2019

All Titles

Sergeant Reckless : the true story of the little horse who became a hero by Patricia McCormick; Iacopo Bruno (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-951 MCC (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780062292599
Publication Date: 2017-09-12
The inspiring true story of the brave little mare that became a marine in the Korean War.

Amina's Voice by Hena Khan | The Bicycle Spy by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Bravo! : Poems About Amazing Hispanics by Margarita Engle
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix by Jacqueline Briggs Martin & June Jo Lee | Garvey's Choice by Nikki Grimes

Amina's Voice by Hena Khan
Call Number: J-Fiction KH (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9781481492065
Publication Date: 2017-03-14
A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community.
Amina's Voice [E-Book] by Hena Khan
Call Number: J-Fiction KH Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9781481492089
Publication Date: 2017-03-14

The Bicycle Spy by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Call Number: J-Fiction MC (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780545850957
Publication Date: 2016-09-27
Twelve-year-old Marcel loves riding his bicycle, and dreams of competing in the Tour de France, but it is 1942 and German soldiers are everywhere, stopping him as he delivers bread from his parents' bakery around Aucoin--then one day he discovers that it is not just bread he is delivering, and suddenly he finds himself in possession of dangerous secrets about his parents and his new friend from Paris, Delphine.

¡Bravo! : poems about amazing Hispanics by Margarita Engle; illustrations by Rafael Lopez
Call Number: J-920 ENG (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780805098761
Publication Date: 2017-03-14
Bold, graphic portraits and beautiful poems present famous and lesser-known Latinos from varied backgrounds who have faced life's challenges in creative ways.

Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix by Jacqueline Briggs Martin; June Jo Lee; Man Man One (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy MAR (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780983661597
Publication Date: 2017-04-04
The story of the Korean American chef in Los Angeles who inspired new methods for the food truck movement and works to create a better community through food.

Garvey's Choice by Nikki Grimes
Call Number: Juv F GRI (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9781629797403
Publication Date: 2016-10-04
When Garvey joins the chorus at school his newly discovered talent for singing gives him both the confidence to accept himself and a language his father will finally understand--the language of music.
Garvey's Choice [E-Book] by Nikki Grimes
Call Number: Juv F GRI Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9781629797472
Publication Date: 2016-11-04

Grand Canyon by Jason Chin | Grandpa's Hal-La-Loo-Ya Hambone by Joe Hayes
The Harlem Charade by Natasha Tarpley | Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
How to Avoid Extinction by Paul Acampora

Grand Canyon by Jason Chin
Call Number: J-557.9 CHI (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9781596439504
Publication Date: 2017-02-21
Home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals that live within its walls, Grand Canyon is much more than just a hole in the ground and a father-daughter team discover life both present and past as they explore the vast canyon.

Grandpa's Ha-La-loo-ya Hambone! by Joe Hayes; Antonio Castro L. (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy HA (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9781941026540
Publication Date: 2016-12-06
When Grandpa's false teeth fall down a well, a recycled hambone which has flavored the bean dinners of many families in his poor farm community, is used to retrieve his dentures.

The Harlem Charade by Natasha Tarpley
Call Number: J-Fiction TA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780545783873
Publication Date: 2017-01-31
Seventh-graders Jin, Alexandra, and Elvin come from very different backgrounds and circumstances, but they all live in Harlem, and when Elvin's grandfather is attacked they band together to find out who is responsible--and the search leads them to an enigmatic artist whose missing masterpieces are worth a fortune, and into conflict with an ambitious politician who wants to turn Harlem into an historic amusement park.

Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly; Isabel Roxas (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-FIction KE (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780062414151
Publication Date: 2017-03-14
Lives of four misfits are intertwined when a bully's prank lands shy Virgil at the bottom of a well and Valencia, Kaori, and Gen band together in an epic quest to find and rescue him.
Hello, Universe [E-Book] by Erin Entrada Kelly; Isabel Roxas (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction KE Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780062414175
Publication Date: 2017-03-14

How to Avoid Extinction by Paul Acampora
Call Number: J-Fiction AC (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780545899062
Publication Date: 2016-09-27
Leo's grandfather died a year ago, and ever since Leo has been tasked with tracking his grandmother down whenever she wanders away from their home in Allentown, Pennsylvania--but when she abruptly decides to take the trip to Utah that her husband was planning, Leo finds himself on the way to visit dinosaurs, in an old Buick with his grandmother, his seventeen-year-old cousin Abby, and Abby's old, smelly Golden retriever, Kermit, without telling his mother.

Keith Haring : the Boy Who Just Kept Drawing by Kay A. Haring | Me and Marvin Gardens by Amy Sarig King
Refugee by Alan Gratz | Slider by Pete Hautman | Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh

Keith Haring: the Boy Who Just Kept Drawing by Kay Haring; Robert Neubecker (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-741.09 HAR (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780525428190
Publication Date: 2017-02-14
A picture book celebrating the life and art of iconic pop artist Keith Haring, as told by his sister Kay.

Me and Marvin Gardens by Amy Sarig King
Call Number: J-Fiction KI (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780545870740
Publication Date: 2017-01-31
Obe Devlin spends a lot of his time cleaning up the creek that runs through what little is left of his family's once extensive farmland, and worrying about what the developers are doing nearby, and the pollution it is causing--but one day he finds a strange creature by his creek that eats plastic, and soon the animal he calls Marvin Gardens becomes his personal secret, which he believes needs to be protected from pretty much everybody.

Refugee by Alan Gratz
Call Number: J-Ficiton GR (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780545880831
Publication Date: 2017-07-25
Obe Devlin spends a lot of his time cleaning up the creek that runs through what little is left of his family's once extensive farmland, and worrying about what the developers are doing nearby, and the pollution it is causing--but one day he finds a strange creature by his creek that eats plastic, and soon the animal he calls Marvin Gardens becomes his personal secret, which he believes needs to be protected from pretty much everybody.
Refugee [E-Book] by Alan Gratz
Call Number: J-Ficton GR Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780545880879
Publication Date: 2017-07-25
Refugee [Streaming Audiobook] by Alan Gratz
Call Number: J-Fiction GR Audiobk (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9781338252910
Publication Date: 2017

Slider by Pete Hautman
Call Number: J-Fiction HA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780763690700
Publication Date: 2017-09-12
David is going to compete in the Super Pigorino Bowl, the world's greatest pizza-eating contest, and he has to keep an eye on his little brother, Mal.
Slider [E-Book] by Pete Hautman
Call Number: J-Fiction HA Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780763697655
Publication Date: 2017-09-12

Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh
Call Number: J-Fiction OH (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780062430083
Publication Date: 2017-07-25
There are rumors that the Raine family's new house is haunted. Unexplainable events and tragedy seem to have befallen every family that's lived there before. Harper isn't sure she believes those rumors until her younger brother, Michael, starts acting strangely. The once cheerful boy has been sulking ever since the move, clinging to his mother, alienating his sisters, and throwing tantrums whenever he doesn't get his way. Is Michael being a normal kid, or is something more sinister going on?

Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres | Step Right Up by Donna Janell Bowman
The Unlucky Lottery Winners of Classroom 13 by Matthew J. Gilbert and Honest Lee | Wedgie and Gizmo by Suzanne Selfors

Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres
Call Number: Juv F TOR (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780316306867
Publication Date: 2017-01-17
Seventh grader Estefania "Stef" Soto is itching to shake off the onion-and-cilantro embrace of Tia Perla, her family's taco truck. She wants nothing more than for her dad to get a normal job and for Tia Perla to be put out to pasture. It's no fun being known as the "Taco Queen" at school. But just when it looks like Stef is going to get exactly what she wants, and her family's livelihood is threatened, she will have to become the truck's unlikely champion. In this fun and multicultural middle grade novel, Stef will discover what matters the most, and ultimately embrace an identity that even includes old Tia Perla.

Step Right Up : how Doc and Jim Key taught the world about kindness by Donna Janell Bowman; Daniel Minter (Illustrator)
Call Number: EASY B KEY (Easy biography)
ISBN: 9781620141489
Publication Date: 2016-10-15
A picture book biography of Dr. William Key, a former slave and self-trained veterinarian who taught his horse, Jim, to read and write and who together with Jim became one of the most famous traveling performance acts around the turn of the twentieth century.

The Unlucky Lottery Winners of Classroom 13 by Honest Lee; Matthew J. Gilbert; Joëlle Dreidemy (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction LE (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780316464659
Publication Date: 2017-06-06
Unlucky teacher Ms. Linda LaCrosse wins the lottery and shares her winnings with her class. The students fulfill their dreams with their newfound wealth, but they soon learn that winning the lottery is not all that lucky.

Wedgie and Gizmo by Suzanne Selfors; Barbara Fisinger (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv F SEL W1 (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780062447630
Publication Date: 2017-08-22
While his human Elliot adjusts to his new home and stepfamily, Gizmo, an evil genius guinea pig, searches for a new evil lair where he can plot to take over the world, but Gizmo is constantly thwarted by Elliot's little stepsister Jasmine (who likes to play dress-up), Abuela (who may or may not like to eat cavies), and Wedgie (a Corgi superhero and Gizmo's nemesis).

Bluebonnet Award Lists

Sergeant Reckless : the true story of the little horse who became a hero

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