Rez Ball by Byron Graves Wins the Oklahoma Library Association Sequoyah Book Award

We are proud to announce that Rez Ball by Byron Graves has won the 2025 Oklahoma Library Association High School Sequoyah Book Award.

The Sequoyah Book Award is selected by Oklahoma students and honors the memory of Sequoyah, the Cherokee scholar who created the Cherokee syllabary. The High School category recognizes the year’s most outstanding young adult title as voted by Oklahoma high school readers — making this a reader’s choice award in the truest sense.

Rez Ball was named the 2025 High School winner alongside:

• Children’s: Dogtown by Katherine Applegate & Gennifer Choldenko
• Intermediate: Tie between The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh and Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang

Congratulations to Byron on this well-deserved honor.

Rez Ball
Byron Graves | Heartdrum/HarperCollins Children’s Books
ISBN: 978-0-06-316038-5
Agent: Terrie Wolf, AKA Literary Management