Refugee Awards and Honors

2018 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Older Readers

2018 National Jewish Book Award Winner for Young Adults

New York Times Notable Middle Grade Children’s Book 2017

2018 YALSA Quick Pick for Young Readers

YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults

2017 Cybils Middle Grade Fiction Award Winner

2018 Judy Lopez Memorial Award Winner

2018 Indies Choice/E.B. White Read-Aloud Award Finalist

2018 NCTE Charlotte Huck Outstanding Fiction for Children Honor Book

2017 Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children’s Literature Honor Book

Global Read Aloud Book 2018

2018 Notable Book for a Global Society

Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Historical Books of 2017

Publishers Weekly Best Middle Grade Books of 2017

NPR’s Book Concierge Great Reads of 2017

Southern Living Best Children’s Books of 2017

Publishers Weekly Best Audiobooks of 2017

School Library Journal Top Ten Audio Books of 2017

Booklist Editors’ Choice: Top 10 Audio for Youth 2017

Audible Best Kids’ Audiobooks of 2017 – Finalist

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Books Best Books of 2017

New York Public Library Top 100 Best Books for Kids 2017

Chicago Public Library Kids Best Fiction for Older Readers 2017

Amazon Top 20 Best Children’s Books of 2017

ABC Best Books for Young Readers 2017

2018 Southern Book Prize Finalist

A Junior Library Guild Selection

2018 Texas Lone Star Reading List

2018-2019 Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominee

2018-2019 Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Nominee

2018 Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award Nominee

2019 Oklahoma Intermediate Sequoyah Award Masterlist

2019 Utah Beehive Award Nominee

2018-2019 Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award Masterlist

2018-2019 Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award Nominee

2019 Oklahoma Library Association Sequoyah Book Award Nominee

2018-2019 Lectio Book Award Master List

2019 Sakura Medal Shortlist