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State Award Reading List
Oklahoma State Reading List
2011 Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award Masterlist Selection
High School
Shift
By: Jennifer Bradbury
This edition: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publication date: May 20, 2008
Ages: above 12
Imagine you and your best friend head off on a cross-country bike trek. Imagine that you get into a fight -- the cheap s.o.b. won't kick in any cash. Imagine you stop riding together. Imagine you reach Seattle then come home...
Other Formats: eBook
Children's
Kenny & the Dragon
By: Tony DiTerlizzi
Illustrated by: Tony DiTerlizzi
This edition: Hardcover, 160 pages
Publication date: August 5, 2008
Ages: 8 - 12
Kenneth is a little rabbit with a very big problem. His two best friends are heading for a battle of legendary proportions - with each other!
In one corner there's Graeme, a well-read and cultured dragon, with...
2010 Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award Master List
Intermediate
Unwind
By: Neal Shusterman
This edition: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publication date: November 6, 2007
Ages: above 14
Connor's parents want to be rid of him because he's a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev's unwinding has been planned since his birth as part of his family's strict religion....
Do Not Pass Go
By: Kirkpatrick Hill
This edition: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publication date: January 23, 2007
Ages: 9 - 14
Deet's world turns upside down when his father is arrested for drug use. It doesn't seem possible that kind, caring Dad could be a criminal! After all, he only took the pills to stay awake so he could work two jobs. Now what...
Other Formats: eBook
Cracker!
The Best Dog in Vietnam
By: Cynthia Kadohata
This edition: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publication date: February 6, 2007
Ages: above 10
CRACKER IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S MOST VALUABLE WEAPONS:
a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy. The fate of entire platoons rests on her keen sense of smell. She's a Big Deal, and she...
High School
Glass
By: Ellen Hopkins
This edition: Trade Paperback, 704 pages
Publication date: April 7, 2009
Ages: above 14
Crank. Glass. Ice. Crystal. Whatever you call it, it's all the same: a monster. And once it's got hold of you, this monster will never let you go.
Kristina thinks she can control it. Now with a baby to care for, she's...
2010 Oklahoma Book Award Finalist
Children/Young Adults
Night Fires
By: George Edward Stanley
This edition: Hardcover, 192 pages
Publication date: June 23, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
After Woodrow Harper's father is killed in an automobile accident, he and his mother move to his father's hometown of Lawton, Oklahoma, to start a new life. Perhaps here he will be able to feel close to his father in a way...
Oklahoma Winners List
2009-2010 Sequoyah Award
Intermediate
Unwind
By: Neal Shusterman
This edition: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publication date: November 6, 2007
Ages: above 14
Connor's parents want to be rid of him because he's a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev's unwinding has been planned since his birth as part of his family's strict religion....