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2020 Children's Sequoyah Book Award
Lifeboat 12
“This page-turning true-life adventure is filled with rich and riveting details and a timeless understanding of the things that matter most.”—Dashk...
2021 Children's Sequoyah Book Award Master List
Meena Meets Her Match
“For Junie B. graduates” (Kirkus Reviews). Join Meena as she navigates the triumphs and challenges of family, friendship, and personal secrets in t...
Roll with It
A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019 “A big-hearted story that’s as sweet as it is awesome.” —R.J. Palacio, author of Wonder In the trad...
2020 Donna Norvell Award
Nobody Hugs a Cactus
Celebrated artist and lead character designer of Brave, Ratatouille, and Despicable Me, Carter Goodrich, shows that sometimes, even the prickliest ...
2020 High School Sequoyah Book Award
Dry
When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death decisions for her family in this harro...
2021 High School Sequoyah Book Award Masterlist Selection
The Lady Rogue
“A swashbuckling adventure.” —Booklist “A rollicking Indiana Jones flick with a female lead.” —BCCB The Last Magician meets A Gentleman’s Guide to ...
2021 Intermediate Sequoyah Book Award Master List
Genesis Begins Again
A Newbery Honor Book Winner of the Correta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author Award A Morris Award Finalist An NPR Favorite Book of 2...
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge
George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition
“A brilliant work of US history.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “Gripping.” —BCCB (starred review) “Accessible…Necessary.” —Kirkus Revie...
Reaching for the Moon
The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson
A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019 “This rich volume is a national treasure.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Captivating, informati...
2020 Oklahoma Book Award
Cape
“Readers…will be enamored by this blend of history, mystery, and superpowered action.” —Booklist (starred review) “Has the exciting pace of a super...