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Texas Lone Star Reading List - Grades 6, 7, 8
Texas Bluebonnet Award List - Grades 3, 4, 5
Texas Bluebonnet Award 2022-2023 Master List
- Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B.Alston, illustrated by Godwin Akpan. (2021).
- Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna by Alda P. Dobbs. (2021).
- Bartali's Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy's Secret Hero by Megan Hoyt, illustrated by Iacopo Bruno. (2021).
- Becoming Muhammad Ali: A Novel by James Patterson & Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile. (2020).
- Billy Miller Makes a Wish by Kevin Henkes. (2021).
- The Hungry Place by Jessie Haas. (2020).
- J. D. and the Great Barber Battle by J. Dillard, illustrated by Akeem S. Roberts. (2021).
- The Lion of Mars by Jennifer Holm. (2021).
- Long Lost by Jacqueline West. (2021).
- Memoirs of a Tortoise by Devin Scillian, illustrated by Tim Bowers. (2020).
- Nightingale by Deva Fagan. (2021).
- No Place for Monsters by Kory Merritt. (2020).
- Once Upon a Camel by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by Eric Rohmann. (2021).
- The One Thing You'd Save by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Robert Sae-Heng. (2021).
- Rock by Rock: The Fantastical Garden of Nek Chand by Jennifer Bradbury, illustrated by Sam Boughton. (2021).
- Stella by McCall Hoyle. (2021).
- Swish! The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters by Suzanne Slade, illustrated by Don Tate. (2020).
- Twins by Varian Johnson, illustrated by Shannon Wright. (2020).
- Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Floyd Cooper. (2021).
- Willodeen by Katherine Applegate, illustrated by Charles Santoso. (2021).
Texas Bluebonnet Award 2021-2022 Master List
- Act by Kayla Miller. (2020).
- The Best of Iggy by Annie Barrows, illustrated by Sam Ricks. (2019).
- Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes. (2020).
- The Canyon’s Edge by Dusti Bowling. (2020).
- Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros. (2020).
- The Elephant’s Girl by Celesta Rimington. (2020).
- Follow Those Zebras: Solving a Migration Mystery by Sandra Markle. (2020).
- A Hatful of Dragons: and More Than 13.8 Billion Other Funny Poems by Vikram Madan (2020).
- Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric Rohmann. (2020).
- The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter by Aaron Reynolds. (2020).
- Lexi Magill and the Teleportation Tournament by Kim Long. (2019).
- The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard, illustrated by Oge Mora. (2020).
- Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us by Lauren Castillo. (2020).
- Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker, illustrated by Junyi Wu. (2019).
- The Secret Garden of George Washington Carverby Gene Barretta, illustrated by Frank Morrison. (2020).
- Sharuko: el arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello by Monica Brown, illustrated by Elisa Chavarri. (2020).
- Someplace to Call Home by Sandra Dallas. (2019).
- Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia. (2019).
- Ways to Make Sunshine by Reneè Watson, illustrated by Nina Mata. (2020).
- Words on Fire by Jennifer A. Nielsen. (2019).
Texas Bluebonnet Award 2020-2021 Master List
- A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech that Inspired a Nation by Barry Wittenstein, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney (2019)
- A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry (2019)
- Bernice Buttman, Model Citizen by Niki Lenz (2019)
- Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn (2019)
- Charlie Hernandez and the League of Shadows by Ryan Cajelo (2018)
- Frankie Sparks & the Class Pet by Megan Frazer Blakemore, illustrated by Nadja Sarell (2019)
- From an Idea to Disney: How Branding Made Disney a Household Name by Lowey Bundy Sichol, illustrated by C.S. Jennings (2019)
- Greystone Secrets #1: The Strangers by Margaret Petersen Haddix (2019)
- If I Built a School by Chris Van Dusen (2019)
- New Kid by Jerry Craft (2019)
- Nightbooks by J.A. White (2018)
- No More Poems! A Book in Verse That Just Gets Worse by Rhett Miller, illustrated by Dan Santat (2019)
- Pass Go and Collect $200: The Real Story of How MONOPOLY Was Invented by Tanya Lee Stone, illustrated by Steven Salerno (2018)
- Rocket to the Moon (Big Ideas That Changed the World) by Don Brown (2019)
- Stay by Bobbie Pyron (2019)
- Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier (2018)
- The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman (2019)
- The Rhino in the Right Field by Stacy Dekeyser (2018)
- They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poems by David Bowles (2018)
- What Do You Do With a Voice Like That? The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan by Chris Barton, illustrated by Ekua Holmes (2018)
Texas Bluebonnet Award 2019-2020 Master List
- The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle by Christina Uss (2018)
- The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: A True Story About an Accidental Invention (Really!) by Barry Wittenstein, illustrated by Chris Hsu (2018)
- Captain Superlative by J.S. Puller (2018)
- The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell (2018)
- Crown: An Ode to a Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C. James (2017)
- The Dragon Slayer: Folktales From Latin America by Jaime Hernandez (2018)
- El Chupacabras by Adam Rubin, illustrated by Crash McCreery (2018)
- Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by James E. Ransome (2018)
- Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2018)
- Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson (2018)
- The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris and Alex Azam (2017)
- Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring by Angela Cervantes (2018)
- The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl, by Stacy McAnulty (2018)
- Gedrick and Me by Patrick Carman (2017)
- Rebound by Kwame Alexander (2018)
- Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech (2018)
- Shadow Weaver by MarcyKate Connolly (2018)
- Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School by Julie Falatko, illustrated by Colin Jack (2018)
- Watchdog by Will McIntosh (2017)
- Wishtree by Katherine Applegate (2017)
Texas Bluebonnet Award 2018-2019 Master List
- How to Avoid Extinction by Paul Acampora (2016)
- Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness by Donna Bowman, illustrated by Daniel Minter (2016)
- Grand Canyon by Jason Chin (2017)
- Bravo! Poems About Amazing Hispanics by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Rafael López (2017)
- Refugee by Allen Gratz (2017)
- Garvey's Choice by Nikki Grimes (2016)
- Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing by Kay A. Haring, illustrated by Robert Neubecker
- Slider by Pete Hautman (2017)
- Grandpa’s Hal-La-Loo-Ya Hambone by Joe Hayes, illustrated by Antonio L. Castro (2016)
- Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly, illustrated by Isabel Roxas (2017)
- Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan (2017)
- Me and Marvin Gardens by Amy Sarig King (2017)
- The Unlucky Lottery Winners of Classroom 13 by Honest Lee & Matthew J. Gilbert, illustrated by Joelle Dreidemy (2016)
- Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix by Jacqueline Briggs Martin & June Jo Lee, illustrated by Man One (2017)
- Sergeant Reckless: The True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero by Patricia McCormick, illustrated by Iacopo Bruno (2017)
- The Bicycle Spy by Yona Zeldis McDonough (2016)
- Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh (2017)
- The Harlem Charade by Natasha Tarpley (2017)
- Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres (2017)
- Wedgie and Gizmo by Susan Selfors, illustrated by Barbara Fisinger (2017)