TEXAS BLUEBONNET AWARD 1997-1998 MASTER LIST Voting: January 1998 Poppy by Avi. Orchard, 1995. Train to Somewhere by Eve Bunting. Clarion, 1996. Tornado by Betsy Byars. HarperCollins, 1996. On the Bus with Joanna Cole by Joanna Cole. Heinemann, 1966. Utterly Yours, Booker Jones by Betsy Duffey. Viking, 1995. The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story by Sid Fleischman. Greenwillow , 1995. Leah's Pony by Elizabeth Friedrich. Boyds Mills, 1996. Hope by Louann Gaeddert. Atheneum, 1995. There's an Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George. HarperCollins, 1995. The Gentleman Outlaw and Me--Eli, A Story of the Old West by Mary Downing Hahn. Clarion, 1996. When Willard Met Babe Ruth by Donald Hall. Harcourt, 1996. When Birds Could Talk and Bats Could Sing by Virginia Hamilton. Scholastic, 1996. Watch Out for Clever Women! by Joe Hayes. Cinco Puntos, 1994. Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret. Dutton, 1996. Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull. Harcourt, 1996. Junebug by Alice Mead. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1995. Shiloh Season by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Atheneum, 1996. Leonardo Da Vinci by Diane Stanley. Marrow, 1996. Sweet Corn by James Stevenson. Greenwillow, 1995. Later, Gator by LaurenceYep. Hyperion, 1995. ___________________________________________________________________ The TBA Committee selected the 1997-1998 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List titles after receiving suggestions from librarians, teachers, parents, students, and others. The Texas Library Association sponsors reading lists solely to encourage free voluntary reading among children. (512-328-1518, 1-800-580-2852; WWW.TXLA.ORG)