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Bluebonnet Time!  And this week I'm bringing you two!  Cline-Ransome, L.(2018) Game Changers . New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Game Changers is the story of Serena and Venus Williams.  It tells of their humble beginnings, and the amazing hard work and passion they put into their sport from a young age.  It talks about the heads they turned, the records they broke, and the sisterly love they had for each other. This was a great book.  I've always admired the Williams sister's skills, but this book made me appreciate them even more.  I must admit I teared up a bit towards the end.  So beautiful!  Also, this book gets a big thumbs up from my 8 year old. Rubin, A. (2018) El Chupacabras . New York, NY: Dial Books for Young Readers Hector loves his goats.  He brushes them, he milks them, he even sings to them.  His daughter Carla, likes her bicycle more.  But when a goat goes missing, Carla is first on the scene.  S...

It' time for another Bluebonnet book!  This time it's Angela Cervantes' Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring ! Cervantes, A. (2018) Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring . New York, NY: Scholastic Inc. This book starts out with your typical tween, complaining about something amazing like getting an all expenses paid trip to another country for a month.  Then it takes a turn for the mysterious.  Paloma, our American tween, meets a set of twins.  They're pretty nice, but maybe hiding something.  Either way, they convince Paloma to join them in hunting for a missing piece of Frida Kahlo's artwork, a peacock ring.  Along the way, Paloma will learn about her deceased father's Mexican culture, appreciate art, and live through adventures straight out of her favorite mystery novels. I really liked this book.  Not only did it get me interested in Frida Kahlo's artwork enough that I did my own research into it, but it drew me into the my...

  Harris, N. (2017) The Magic Misfits . New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company Another Bluebonnet book down!  I just finished up The Magic Misfits , by Neil Patrick Harris and it is pretty much what you might expect from a mind like Harris's!  Here's what its about. Carter once had a family and a home, but now he lives on the street with his distant uncle.  Carter has always had fast hands, and his uncle has helped that gift mature.  However, his uncle like to use "magic" tricks to steal from people.  Carter won't budge on his morals though, and runs away on a train.  When he gets off the train at an unknown town, there is a circus fair going on.  The fair seems pretty crooked, which matches his views on what magic seems good for.  His views may turn around however, when he meets a strange man at the fair.  Mr. Vernon only seems to do magic for enjoyment, not for gain.  When Carter finds his way to Mr. Vernon's magic shop and ...

I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike!  I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like!  Sorry, got a bit of Queen stuck in my head. I recently finished reading my next Bluebonnet list book, The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle by Christina Uss and boy did it take me for a ride! Uss, C.(2018) The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle . New York, NY: Margaret Ferguson Books As a small child, Bicycle is a abandoned at a monastery of the Mostly Silent Monks.  She is found by the former nun, Sister Wanda, who runs the place.  The monastery takes her in and raises her.  They call her Bicycle because of the shirt she is wearing with a bike on it.  Growing up in a mostly silent monastery, Bicycle doesn't make many friends.  She'd rather ride her bike anyway.  When Sister Wanda decides to send Bicycle away to the Friendship Factory, a camp that forces you to make friends, Bicycle knows she has to do something drastic....

I continue my reading of the Bluebonnet list with The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty. When Lucy was 8 years old she was struck by lightning.  The accident left her a math genius, but also gave her some interesting quirks.  She's germaphobic, and has to sit and stand 3 times every time she sits down.  Now twelve, she's already taken homeschool classes through high school and now wants to apply to college.  Her Nana however, doesn't think she's ready and makes her promise to attend middle school for a year.  She's been instructed to make 1 friend, do 1 thing outside of home, and read a book that isn't math.  Math is easy, but middle school may be impossible! I thoroughly enjoyed this book.  It has all the makings of the middle school drama book, but add a fish-out-water story and math!  The book is humorous, smart, and relatable.  Being different is okay, even if it can be scary.  I'm only three books into the Blu...

This week I've a got another one making me feel the feels!  Captain Superlative! Janie doesn't feel like she's anything special.  It's her mission in life not to stand out, or get involved.  When a strange girl in a swimsuit and a blue wig starts tearing down the hall at school and doing nice things for people however, she starts finding that maybe getting involved is just what she, and the rest of the school, needed. This book was pretty interesting.  It's both sweet and sad.  The moral was good and it's one I hope most kids can pick up on and follow.  It has a good focus on how doing a lot of little good things, can really add up to a big change.   Overall, a pretty good book. Puller, J (2018) Captain Superlative! . New York, NY: Disney Hyperion

Hello!  Now that I have a break between my classes, I can post about books again!  The next series of books I'm going to post about are on the Texas Bluebonnet list.  I decided I'm going to read all of this year's list and do my part and vote on my favorites.  So without further ado, here is my first review of one of the bluebonnet books! Rhodes, J. (2018) Ghost Boys . New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company  Jerome is a good boy.  He usually listens to his parents, tries not to stand out in school, and does his part to help at home.  Then one day, after a new friend gives him a toy gun, he is shot by a policeman.  As a ghost, he wanders around, wondering why he's still around.  At home, he has to deal with his families grief, and he doesn't have the ability to comfort anyone.  In fact, the only one who can see him is the daughter of the policeman who shot him.  Jerome has to learn to deal with his own death, and how he can he...