Haley Jackson

Title: Lola Levine Drama Queen Genre: Bluebonnet  Author: Monica Brown Major Awards: Texas Bluebonnet 2017-2018 Award Age group:  7 - 11 Years old    Summary:  Lola is a second grader who is full of spunk and has an extremely big personality. Her parents often call her dramatic and compare her to her grandma who is also known as Bubbe who also is very loud and bold . One day, Lola’s teacher tells the class that they will be getting a new drama teacher, Ms.Tinkle. Throughout Ms.Tinks class they learn an immense amount of techniques about improv and acting in front of crowds. Finally, the day for auditions comes up and Lola is so nervous that when it's her turn she actually freezes on stage in front of everyone! Due to this Lola gets the least active part in the play which makes her exceedingly sad. Lola decides to write her Bubbe about everything that has been going on and get everything off of her chest. To her surprise, her Bubble surpri...

Title: The Storyteller  Genre: Bluebonnet   Author: Evan Turk  Major Awards: 2017-2018 Texas Bluebonnet Award  Age group: 4 - 8 Years old  Summary:  Once upon a time there used to be a Sahara that was filled with waterfalls, rivers, and cool refreshing water all over align with an immense amount of storytellers to keep traditions alive. as the kingdom grew people started to forget the dangers of the desserts and the storytellers stories. A young boy happened to meet a storyteller looking for a place to quench his thirst and is drawn to return to him the next day to hear more of the man's stories and history. As the boy is filled with the stories he is also symbolically filled with water in which will eventually fill his city with the refreshing water they are in desperate need of. These tales did more than just fulfill his towns need of water but he also learned the importance of a tale well told.  I would love to use ...

Title: Wonder  Genre:  Bluebonnet Author: R.J. Palacio Major awards: Texas Bluebonnet award, Age Group:  8 years old and up Summary: August (Auggie) Pullman is a 10 year old boy who was born with a facial deformity that has made his life and making friends a bit harder than others his age. Up until this point Auggie has been home schooled by his mother, Isabel Pullman, therefore having no experience in an actual school setting. He is admitted into a mainstream school, Beecher Prep for the first time as a 5th grader and Auggie can't help but be scared. Auggie wants nothing more than to be seen as an ordinary boy but struggles with his peers being afraid of him and feeling like an outsider. As the story continues we as readers see the book transition from different individuals view points including Auggie's, Olivia's (his sister), and friends in order to display the amount of emotions and perspectives of other characters throughout the book. August faces an i...