2023 Masterlists
The Sequoyah Book Lists are for students grades 3 through 12. These encourage students in Oklahoma to read books of literary quality. The books on the lists are selected based on criteria such as originality, quality, interest, and appeal. The books must also have a publishing date three years before the award date and the author must live in the United States.
The Sequoyah Lists are released each spring to schools and libraries.
Children's
The Memory Thief
Jodi Lynn Anderson
The House That Wasn’t There
Elana K. Arnold
The Night Ride
J. Anderson Coats
The Beatryce Prophecy
Kate DiCamillo
The Secret Starling
Judith Eagle
The Lion of Mars
Jennifer L. Holm
Stella
McCall Hoyle
Mystery on Magnolia Circle
Kate Klise
Sprouting Wings
Louisa Jaggar and Shari Becker
A Kind of Spark
Elle McNicoll
The Stuff Between the Stars
Sandra Nickel
Simon B. Rhymin’
Dwayne Reed
The Last Rabbit
Shelley Moore Thomas
Code Breaker, Spy Hunter
Laurie Wallmark
Long Lost
Jacqueline West
Intermediate
A Place to Hang the Moon
Kate Albus
Amari and the Night Brothers
B. B. Alston
Starfish
Lisa Fipps
Alone
Megan E. Freeman
Taking Up Space
Alyson Gerber
Linked
Gordon Korman
Ground Zero
Alan Gratz
Six Feet Below Zero
Ena Jones
When the World Was Ours
Liz Kessler
One of the Good Ones
Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
Tremendous Things
Susin Nielsen
Root Magic
Eden Royce
CeCe Rios and the Desert of Souls
Kaela Rivera
Fallout
Steve Sheinkin
The Golden Hour
Niki Smith
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