Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominees 2022-2023 | Haltom City Public Library

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

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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...

2) Twins

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Johnson, Varian

Series

Twins volume 1

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Graphic Novel, Juvenile/Children's Graphic Novel, Kindle, Playaway, Wonderbook

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"Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran -- a girl who wants to join the chorus, run for class president, and dress in fashionable outfits that set her apart from Maureen. A girl who seems happy to share only two classes with her sister! Maureen and Francine are...

3) Unspeakable: the Tulsa Race Massacre

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Weatherford, Carole Boston

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"Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history"-- The 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, race massacre was one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history. On May 31 and June 1 an armed mob looted homes and businesses as Black families fled. The police did nothing to protect Greenwood,...

4) Willodeen

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Applegate, Katherine

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"La tierra es vieja, pero nosotros no, y no debemos olvidarlo." Una fábula entrañable que ilumina la importancia de reconocer que todos los seres vivos tienen un propósito en nuestro mundo maravillosamente complejo y son dignos de nuestro cuidado y estimacion -- The earth is old, but we are not, and we must not forget that. An endearing fable that illuminates the importance of recognizing that all living things serve a purpose in our wonderfully...

5) Stella

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Hoyle, McCall

Series

Best Friends Dog Tales

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Stella used to be a bomb-sniffing dog, but after a terrible accident, she goes to live on a small family farm to recover from her fear of loud noises.

6) Rock by rock: the fantastical garden of Nek Chand

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Bradbury, Jennifer

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"The true story of artist Nek Chand and how his secret--and illegal--art project became one of Indian's most treasured wonders"--

7) One thing you'd save

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Park, Linda Sue

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When a teacher asks her class what one thing they would save in an emergency, some students know the answer right away. Others come to their decisions more slowly. And some change their minds when they hear their classmates| responses. A lively dialog ignites as the students discover unexpected facets of one another|and themselves. With her ear for authentic dialog and knowledge of tweens| priorities and emotions, Linda Sue Park brings the varied...

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In 1910, Zada the camel treks across the West Texas desert to save two baby kestrels from an approaching haboob, a mountain-sized storm, sharing adventures from her youth in Turkey to keep them calm.

9) No place for monsters

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Merritt, Kory

Series

No place for monsters volume 1

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In this spellbinding, lavishly illustrated story that Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney calls "wildly imaginative and totally terrifying," two unlikely friends face down their worst fears in order to stop their small town-and themselves-from disappearing. Levi and Kat are about to discover a very dark side to their neighborhood. Nothing ever seems out of place in the safe, suburban town of Cowslip Grove. Lawns are neatly mowed, sidewalks are...

10) Nightingale

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Fagan, Deva

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After twelve-year-old Lark, determined to escape her squalid life, steals a magical sword from the Royal Museum, she reluctantly becomes the next Nightingale, destined to vanquish an ancient evil.

11) 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....

12) Long lost

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West, Jacqueline

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Feeling lonely and out of place after her family moves to a new town, eleven-year-old Fiona Crane ventures to the local library, where she finds a gripping mystery novel about a small town, family secrets, and a tragic disappearance.

13) The lion of Mars

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Holm, Jennifer L

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Bell has spent his whole life--all eleven years of it--on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid-he loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why don't have contact with anyone on the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell--a regular kid in a...

14) J. D. and the great barber battle

Author

Dillard, J

Series

J. D. the kid barber volume 1

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Book, Read Along, Wonderbook

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"Eight-year-old J.D. turns a tragic home haircut into a thriving barber business in this hilarious new illustrated chapter book series."--Amazon.com.

15) The hungry place

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Haas, Jessie

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A pony with a mind of her own and a girl with a spine of steel find in each other the remedy to their loneliness.

16) Billy Miller makes a wish

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Henkes, Kevin

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"On his eighth birthday, Billy Miller wishes for something exciting to happen. None of his wishes are answered the way he expects, but he does have lots of surprises--and the final one is possibly the best one ever"--

17) Becoming Muhammad Ali: a novel

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Patterson, Jame

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A biographical novel tells the story of Cassius Clay, the determined boy who would one day become Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest boxers of all time.

18) Barefoot dreams of Petra Luna

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Dobbs, Alda P

Series

Petra Luna volume 1

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"Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution"--

19) Amari and the night brothers

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Alston, B. B

Series

Amari volume 1

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Book, Audio, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway

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Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone for good. So when she finds a ticking briefcase in his closet, containing a nomination for a summer tryout at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, she’s certain the secretive organization holds the key to locating Quinton—if only she can wrap her...

20) Bartali's bicycle: the true story of Gino Bartali, Italy's secret hero

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Hoyt, Megan

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"Gino Bartali pedaled across Italy for years, winning one cycling race after another, including the 1938 Tour de France. Gino became an international sports hero! But the next year, World War II began, and it changed everything. Soldiers marched into Italy. Tanks rolled down the cobbled streets of Florence. And powerful leaders declared that Jewish people should be arrested. To the entire world, Gino Bartali was merely a champion cyclist. But Gino's...