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ALA Newbery Honor Book

ALA Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book

ALA Notable Children's Books

CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Council)

CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book

ILA Young Adults' Choices

ALA Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best

NYPL Best Books for Teens

NCTE Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts

YALSA Teens Top Ten (TTT) Nominee

Great Lakes Great Books Master List (MI)

ILA Notable Books for a Global Society

Sequoyah Young Adult Master List (OK)

North Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee

Edgar Allan Poe Award

ALA Top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

Amelia Elizabeth Walden Finalist (NCTE/ALAN)

ALA/YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults - Top Ten

Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year Selection Title

ALA Notable Children's Recording

Odyssey Honor for Audio

National Book Award Longlist

Texas Tayshas Reading List TOP TEN

Pennsylvania Reader's Choice Award Nominee

Amazing Audiobooks for YA

Wisconsin State Reading Association's Reading List

Eliot Rosewater High School Master List

Virginia Readers’ Choice Award

Walter Dean Myers Award

Arnold Adoff Poetry Award

Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award Intermediate Masterlist