Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award
Sponsored by the Oklahoma Library Association (OLA), the annual Sequoyah Book Award is a student’s choice award presented since 1959. The program added a Young Adult literature award in 1987. Books chosen for the annual Sequoyah masterlists are selected by two committees of OLA members. Each member of the committee reads over 100 books before recommending titles for the masterlists.
During the school year, young Oklahomans from grades three through eight are encouraged to read the titles from the masterlists. Students must read or listen to three books in order to cast a vote in April. The winning book is announced in May and the award is presented during the annual Oklahoma Library Association’s spring conference.
With this award, Oklahoma honors the Native American leader, Sequoyah, for his unique achievement in creating the Cherokee syllabary. In so doing, he created a way to preserve his people’s language and culture.More information about this award.
The Sequoyah Book Award Nominations
2012 Children's Master List
2012 Intermediate Master List
2012 High School Master List
2011 Master Book List:
Children's 2011 Master List
- Barrett, Tracy − The 100 year Old Secret
- Bulion, Leslie − The Trouble with Rules
- Cummins, Julie − Women Daredevils: Thrills, Chills and Frills
- Delaney, Michael − Obi, Gerbil on the Loose
- DiTerlizzi, Tony − kenny and the Dragon
- Feldman, Jody − The Gollywhopper Games
- Giff, Patricia − Eleven
- Hahn, Mary Downing − All the Lovely Bad Ones
- Korman, Gordon − Swindle
- Look, Lenore − Alvin Ho! Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things
- MacDonald, Amy − Too Much Flapdoodle
- Margolis, Leslie − Boys are Dogs
- Patent, Dorothy − When the Wolves Returned: Restoring nature's Balance in Yellowstone
- Stanley, Diane − The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy
- Vernon, Ursula − Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a (Somewhat) Brave Shrew
- Zimmer, Tracie − The Floating Circus
2009
For elementary students in grades 3 - 5
The books on the Sequoyah Masterlists are not intended to be an automatic recommendation of the books. Since selection policies vary, one should apply the specific guidelines to each title and purchase those titles that meet individual selection policies.It is not the intention of the committees that every student must read every book on either masterlist.
Strange Happenings:
Five Tales of TransformationAvi
Is My Dog a Wolf?:
How Your Pet Compares to Its Wild CousinJenni Bidner
Satch & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure Dan Gutman
Sheep Valerie Hobbs
Into the Firestorm Deborah Hopkinson
Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic Emily Jenkins Drita, My Homegirl Jenny Lombard Fall of the Amazing Zalindas Tracy Mack and Michael Citrin Ugly Donna Jo Napoli Clementine Sara Pennypacker American Slave, American Hero:
York of the Lewis and Clark ExpeditionLaurence Pringle The Mailbox Audrey Shafer Crossing Bok Chitto:
A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & FreedomTim Tingle
The Fairies of Nutfolk Wood Barb Bentler Ullman
My Name Is Sally Little Song Brenda Woods
Additional Book Awards
The Sequoyah Young Adult Book Award Nominations
Master Book List
2009
For Middle School and/or Junior High School students
in Grades 6 - 8
Copper Sun Sharon Draper
Happy Kid! Gail Gauthier
Standing Against the Wind Traci L. Jones
Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial
Ronald Kidd
Born to Rock Gordon Korman
Rules Cynthia Lord
Heat Mike Lupica
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life Wendy Mass
Dairy Queen Catherine Murdock
The Heights, the Depths, and Everything in Between Sally Nemeth
Life As We Knew It Susan Beth Pfeffer
Everlost Neal Shusterman
Notes from the Midnight Driver Jordan Sonnenblick
Runaway Wendelin Van Draanen
Rules of Survival Nancy Werlin
Additional Book Awards
2008
Angus and Sadie
Cynthia Voigt
2007
The World According to Humphrey Betty G. Birney 2006
The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo 2005
The Stranger Next Door
Peg Kehret
2004
Skeleton Man Joseph Bruchac 2003
Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo
2002 Dork in Disguise Carol Gorman 2001 Holes Louis Sachar 2000 The Million Dollar Shot Dan Gutman 1999 101 Ways to Bug Your Parents Lee Wardlaw 1998 Titanic Crossing Barbara Williams 1997 Nasty, Sneaky Sneakers Eve Bunting 1996 The Ghosts of Mercy Manor Betty Ren Wright 1995 Horror at the Haunted House Peg Kehret 1994 Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 1993 Weasel Cynthia DeFelice 1992 The Doll in the Garden Mary Dowling Hahn 1991 Beauty Bill Wallace 1990 Fudge Charlotte Towner Graeber 1989 Sixth-Grade Sleepover Eve Bunting 1988 Christina's Ghost Betty Ren Wright 1987 Night of the Twisters Ivy Ruckman 1986* Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary 1986* Just Tell Me When We're Dead! Eth Clifford 1985 Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub Jamie Gilson 1984 The Cybil War Betsy Byars 1983 A Dog Called Kitty Bill Wallace 1982 Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale... Deborah Howe 1981 The Get-Away Car Eleanor Clymer 1980 Kid Power Susan Beth Pfeffer 1979 Summer of the Monkeys Wilson Rawls 1978 Shoeshine Girl Clyde Robert Bulla 1977 The Toothpaste Millionaire Jean Merrill 1976 How to Eat Fried Worms Thomas Rockwell 1975 Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume 1974 Flight of the White Wolf Mel Ellis 1973 The Trumpet of the Swans E.B. White 1972 The Man in the Box: A Story... Marylois Dunn 1971 Ramona the Pest Beverly Cleary 1970 Mustang Marguerite Henry 1969 Blackbeard's Ghost Ben Stahl 1968 Gentle Ben Walt Morey 1967 Harriet the Spy Louise Fitzhugh 1966 Rascal, A Memoir of... Sterling North 1965 A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle 1964 Where the Panther Screams William Robinson 1963 The Mystery of the Haunted Pool Phyllis Whitney 1962 The Helen Keller Story Catherine Owens Peare 1961 Have Space Suit -- Will Travel Robert Heinlein 1960 Black Gold Marguerite Henry 1959 Old Yeller Fred Gipson
2008
The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan 2007
Red Kayak Priscilla Cummings 2006
Eragon
Christopher Paolini 2005
The House of the Scorpion
Nancy Farmer
2004
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Ann Brashares 2003
Define "Normal"
Julie Anne Peters
2002 Speak Laurie H. Anderson 2001 Holes Louis Sachar 2000 I Have Lived a Thousand Years:
Growing up in the HolocaustL. Bitton-Jackson 1999 Danger Zone Robert Klass 1998 Running Out of Time Margaret Haddix 1997 Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech 1996 The Giver Lois Lowry 1995 Flight #116 Is Down Caroline Cooney 1994 What Daddy Did Neal Shusterman 1993 The Silver Kiss Annette Klause 1992 Appointment with a Stranger Jean Thesman 1991 A Sudden Silence Eve Bunting 1990 Hatchet Gary Paulson 1989 The Other Side of Dark Joan Lowry Nixon 1988 Abby, My Love Hadley Irwin