The Sequoyah Book Award is a set of three annual awards for books selected by vote of Oklahoma students in elementary, middle, and high schools. The award program is named after Sequoyah (–1843), the Cherokee man who developed the Cherokee syllabary—a writing system adopted by Cherokee Nation in 1825. The awards are sponsored by the Oklahoma Library Association

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Young Adult and Intermediate winners

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! Year !! Title !! Author

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|1988 || Abby My Love|| Hadley Irwin

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|1989 || The Other Side of Dark || Joan Lowery Nixon

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|1990 || Hatchet || Gary Paulsen

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|1991 || A Sudden Silence || Eve Bunting

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|1992 || Appointment with a Stranger || Jean Thesman

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|1993 || The Silver Kiss || Annette Curtis Klause

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|1994 || What Daddy Did || Neal Shusterman

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|1995 || Flight 116 Is Down || Caroline B. Cooney

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|1996 || The Giver || Lois Lowry

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|1997 || Walk Two Moons || Sharon Creech

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|1998 || Running Out of Time || Margaret Peterson Haddix

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|1999 || Danger Zone || David Klass

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|2000 || I Have Lived a Thousand Years || Livia Bitton-Jackson

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|2001 || Holes || Louis Sachar

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|2002 || Speak || Laurie Halse Anderson

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|2003 || Define Normal || Julie Ann Peters

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|2004 || Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants || Ann Brashares

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|2005 || The House of the Scorpion || Nancy Farmer

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|2006 || Eragon || Christopher Paolini

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|2007 || Red Kayak || Priscilla Cummings

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|2008 || The Lightning Thief || Rick Riordan

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|2009 || Runaway || Wendelin Van Draanen

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|2010 || Unwind || Neal Shusterman

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|2011 || The Hunger Games || Suzanne Collins

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|2012 || Positively || Courtney Sheinmel

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|2013 || After Ever After || Jordan Sonnenblick

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|2014 || Michael Vey: Prisoner of Cell 25 || Richard Paul Evans

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|2015 || The False Prince || Jennifer A. Nielsen

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|2016 || Goodbye, Rebel Blue || Shelley Coriell

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|2017 || The Crossover || Kwame Alexander

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|2018 || The War that Saved My Life || Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

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|2019 || Refugee || Alan Gratz

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|2020 || Front Desk || Kelly Yang

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|2021 || Allies || Alan Gratz

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|2022 || When Stars Are Scattered || Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed

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|2023 || Ground Zero || Alan Gratz

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|2024 || Hummingbird || Natalie Lloyd

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|rowspan=2 | 2025 || The Lost Year || Katherine Marsh

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| Parachute Kids || Betty C. Tang

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High School winners

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! Year !! Title !! Author

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|2010 || Thirteen Reasons Why || Jay Asher

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|2011 || The Hunger Games || Suzanne Collins

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|2012 || Hate List || Jennifer Brown

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|2013 || Clockwork Angel || Cassandra Clare

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|2014 || Divergent || Veronica Roth

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|2015 || The Fault in Our Stars || John Green

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|2016 || The 5th Wave || Rick Yancey

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|2017 || Wolf by Wolf || Ryan Graudin

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|2018 || The Female of the Species || Mindy McGinnis

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|2019 || The Hate U Give || Angie Thomas

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|2020 || Dry || Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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|2021 || The Patron Saints of Nothing || Randy Ribay

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|2022 || Legendborn || Tracy Deonn

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|2023 || Six Crimson Cranes || Elizabeth Lim

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|2024 || Message Note Found || Dante Medema

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|2025 || Rez Ball || Byron Graves

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Donna Norvell Award winners

The Norvell Award "honors a book making a significant contribution to the field of literature for children through third grade ... written and illustrated to present, organize, and interpret material for children." The writer and illustrator must be US residents, the book published two years before the award year (2012 publications in 2014). Librarians on the Sequoyah Committee select the winner.

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! Year !! Title !! Writer !! Illustrator

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|2006 || Wild About Books || Judy Sierra || Marc Brown

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|2007 || Leaf Man || Lois Ehlert || Ehlert

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|2008 || Not a Box || Antoinette Portis || Portis

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|2009 || Fred Stays with Me! || Nancy Coffelt || Tricia Tusa

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|2010 || Maybe a Bear Ate It! || Robie Harris || Michael Emberley

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|2011 || Chicken Dance || Tammi Sauer || Dan Santat

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|2012 || Interrupting Chicken || David Ezra Stein || Stein

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|2013 || Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes <br>(sequel to Pete the Cat) || Eric Litwin || James Dean

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|2017 || Red, a Crayon's Story || Michael Hall

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|2018 || The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors || Drew Daywalt || Adam Rex

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|2019 || Can I Be Your Dog? || Troy Cummings

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|2020 || Nobody Hugs a Cactus || Carter Goodrich

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|2021 || Memoirs of a Tortoise || Devin Scillian || Tim Bowers

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|2022 || The Worrysaurus || Rachel Bright || Chris Chatterton

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|2023 || Summertime Sleepers || Melissa Stewart

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|2024 || Feathers Together || Caron Levis || Charles Santoso

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|2025 || Stickler Loves the World || Lane Smith

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The official award webpage identifies only the title and writer.-->

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  • "Children's Sequoyah Winners". OLA.
  • "YA Sequoyah Winners (1988–2009)". OLA.
  • "Intermediate Sequoyah Winners (2010–)". OLA.
  • "High School Sequoyah Winners (2010–)". OLA.
  • "Donna Norvell Oklahoma Book Award Winners". OLA.
  • Official website