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Past Children's List Sequoyah Winners

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Past Newbery Winners

Children's List:

1959 Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
1960 Black Gold by Marguerite Henry
1961 Have Space Suit, Will Travel by Robert Heinlein
1962 The Helen Keller Story by Catherine O. Peare
1963 Mystery of the Haunted Pool by Phyllis Whitney
1964 Where the Panther Screams by William Robinson
1965 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
1966 Rascal by Sterling North
1967 Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
1968 Gentle Ben by Walt Morey
1969 Blackbeard’s Ghost by Ben Stahl
1970 Mustang by Marguerite Henry
1971 Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
1972 Man in the Box by Mary Lois Dunn
1973 The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
1974 Flight of the White Wolf by Mel Ellis
1975 Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
1976 How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
1977 The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill
1978 Shoeshine Girl by Clyde Robert Bulla
1979 Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
1980 Kid Power by Susan B. Pfeffer
1981 Get-Away Car by Eleanor Clymer
1982 Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe
1983 A Dog Called Kitty by Bill Wallace
1984 The Cybil War by Betsy Byars
1985 Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub by Jamie Gilson
1986 Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary and
Just Tell Me When We’re Dead by Eth Clifford
1987 Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman
1988 Christina’s Ghost by Betty Ren Wright
1989 The Sixth Grade Sleepover by Eve Bunting
1990 Fudge by Charlotte Graeber
1991 Beauty by Bill Wallace
1992 The Doll in the Garden by Mary Downing Hahn
1993 Weasel by Cynthia DeFelice
1994 Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1995 Horror at the Haunted House by Peg Kehret
1996 The Ghosts of Mercy Manor by Betty Ren Wright
1997 Nasty, Stinky Sneakers by Eve Bunting
1998 Titanic Crossing by Barbara Williams
1999 101 Ways to Bug Your Parents by Lee Wardlaw
2000 The Million Dollar Shot by Dan Gutman
2001 Holes by Louis Sachar
2002 Dork in Disguise by Carol Gorman
2003 Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
2004 Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac
2005 The Stranger Next Door by Peg Kehret
2006 The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo 2007 The World According to Humphrey by Betty Birney 2008 Angus and Sadie by Cynthia Voigt

Young Adult List:

1988 Abby My Love by Hadley Irwin
1989 The Other Side of Dark by Joan Lowery Nixon
1990 Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
1991 A Sudden Silence by Eve Bunting
1992 Appointment with a Stranger by Jean Thesman
1993 The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause
1994 What Daddy Did by Neal Shusterman
1995 Flight 116 is Down by Caroline B. Cooney
1996 The Giver by Lois Lowry
1997 Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
1998 Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
1999 Danger Zone by David Klass
2000 I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Olivia Bitton-Jackson
2001 Holes by Louis Sachar
2002 Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
2003 Define Normal by Julie Ann Peters
2004 Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
2005 The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
2006 Eragon by Christopher Paolini 2007 Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings 2008 The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Click here to see a list of this year's Sequoyah nominees.

Children's list (PDF) for 6th graders only

Young Adult list (PDF) for 6th-8th graders

1922 The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon

1923 The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting

1924 The Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes

1925 Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger

1926 Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman

1927 Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James

1928 Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji

1929 The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly

1930 Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field

1931 The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth

1932 Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer

1933 Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Lewis

1934 Invincible Louisa by Cornelia Meigs

1935 Dobry by Monica Shannon

1936 Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink

1937 Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer

1938 The White Stag by Kate Seredy

1939 Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright

1940 Daniel Boone by James Daugherty

1941 Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry

1942 The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds

1943 Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray

1944 Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes

1945 Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson

1946 Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski

1947 Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

1948 The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois

1949 King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry

1950 The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli

1951 Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates

1952 Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes

1953 Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark

1954 ...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold

1955 The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong

1956 Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham

1957 Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorenson

1958 Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith

1959 The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

1960 Onion John by Joseph Krumgold

1961 Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

1962 The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare

1963 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

1964 It's Like This, Cat by Emily Neville

1965 Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska

1966 I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino

1967 Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt

1968 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

1969 The High King by Lloyd Alexander

1970 Sounder by William H. Armstrong

1971 Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars

1972 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien

1973 Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

1974 The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox

1975 M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton

1976 The Grey King by Susan Cooper

1977 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

1978 Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

1979 The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

1980 A Gathering of Days by Joan W. Blos

1981 Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson

1982 A Visit to William Blake's Inn by Nancy Willard

1983 Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt

1984 Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary

1985 The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley

1986 Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

1987 The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman

1988 Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman

1989 Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman

1990 Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

1991 Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

1992 Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

1993 Missing May by Cynthia Rylant

1994 The Giver by Lois Lowry

1995 Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

1996 The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman

1997 The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg

1998 Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

1999 Holes by Louis Sachar

2000 Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

2001 A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck

2002 A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

2003 Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi

2004 The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

2005 Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata

2006 Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins

2007 The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron

2008 Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Schlitz