 In January 1994 , over 60 @,@ 000 third – sixth graders in the state of Oklahoma selected from Shiloh 23 nominees as the winner of the Sequoyah Children 's Book Award . The Sequoyah Award was presented to Naylor in April 1994 during the yearly Oklahoma Library Association conference . On April 14 , 1994 , at the annual conference of the Missouri Association of School Librarians , Shiloh received that year 's Mark Twain Readers Award . The Mark Twain Award is decided annually through a vote by fourth – eighth graders in the state of Missouri . On October 29 , 1994 , Naylor received the William Allen White Children 's Book Award for Shiloh . The award is decided through the tallying of over 55 @,@ 000 children in the state of Kansas . 
