Sequoyah Books

The 2023 Sequoyah High School Master List

Students in grades 9 through 12 must read or listen to
three or more titles to vote. Voting will begin in March, 2023.

1. Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

2. Perfectly Parvin by Olivia Abtahi

3. The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used to Reclaim Cultures by Christian Allaire

4. Love in English by Maria E. Andreu

5. This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

6. Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

7. In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years After the 9/11 Attacks by Don Brown

8. You'd Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow

9. List of Ten by Halli Gomez

10. Perfect on Paper by Sophia Gonzales

11. Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

12. The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe

13. Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

14. Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

15. In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner

The 2022 Sequoyah High School Master List

Students in grades 9 through 12 must read or listen to
three or more titles to vote. Voting will begin in March, 2022.

1. The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

2. The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

3. The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron

4. Don't Ask Me Where I'm From by Jennifer De Leon

5. Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

6. Golden Arm by Carl Deuker

7. Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

8. Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales

9. Almost American Girl by Robin Ha

10. They Went Left by Monica Hesse

11. Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

12. What I Carry by Jennifer Longo

13. The Truth Project by Dante Medema

14. Stamped:  Racism, Antiracism, and You:  A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning by Jason Reynolds

15. Dear Justyce by Nic Stone

Criteria for selecting books for the Master List inlcude literary merit, originality, timelessness, subject matter of interest to the appropriate age group, factual accuracy, clarity, and readability.