Sequoyah Books
The first Sequoyah Children's Book Award was given in April, 1959, making the award the third oldest children's choice award in the nation.
In 1988, the first Sequoyah Young Adult Book Award was given. Twenty years later the YA book award was changed to “Intermediate Award” and a High School award was created and was first awarded in 2010.
The awards are given annually, usually as an event at the Oklahoma Library Association's Annual Conference.
The Oklahoma Library Association honors Sequoyah for his unique achievement in creating the Cherokee syllabary, the 86 symbols representing the different sounds in the Cherokee language.
2024 Children’s Sequoyah Masterlist
Students in grades 3 through 5 must read or listen to 3 or more titles to vote.
Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? by Leslie Connor
Concrete: From the Ground Up by Larissa Thuele & Steve Light
Cookies and Milk by Shawn Amos
A Duet for Home by Karina Yan Glaser
Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros
Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book by Tanya Bolden and Eric Velasquez
High Score by Destiny Howell
The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat
**Lifeling by Kirsty Applebaum
Not Starring Zadie Louise by Joy McCullough
The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill
Seed by Caryl Lewis
The Pear Affair by Judith Eagle
Trex by Christyne Morrell
We are Wolves by Katrina Nannestad
**Note: Lifeling was published in the UK under the title The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke. If a child reads this version this is acceptable and counts towards the three books required to read to vote.
2024 Intermediate Sequoyah Masterlist
Students in grades 6 through 8 must read or listen to 3 or more titles to vote.
1. Agent Most Wanted: The Never-Before-Told Story of the Most Dangerous Spy of World War II by Sonia Purnell
2. African Town by Charles Waters & Irene Latham
3. Attack of the Black Rectangles by A. S. King
4. Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson
5. Gallant by V. E. Schwab
6. Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd
7. Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos
8. In Harm's Way (Young Readers Edition): The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Story of Its Survivors by Michael J. Tougias and Doug Stanton
9. The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat
10. Lines of Courage by Jennifer A. Nielsen
11. The Name She Gave Me by Betty Culley
12.The Peach Rebellion by Wendelin Van Draanen
13.The Secret Battle of Evan Pao by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
14.The Summer of June by Jamie Sumner
15.Thirst by Varsha Bajaj
This year's Children's Sequoyah winner is...STELLA by McCall Hoyle!