WINNER NCSS-CBC Notable Children’s Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies
WINNER Newbery Honor Book
WINNER Young Adult Services Division, School Library Journal Author Award
SUBMITTED South Carolina Children’s Book Award
NOMINEE ALA Notable Children’s Book
NOMINEE Bank Street Child Study Children’s Book Award
NOMINEE Florida Sunshine State Book Award
NOMINEE IRA Children’s Choices
NOMINEE IRA Teachers’ Choices
NOMINEE Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award
NOMINEE Indiana Young Hoosier Award
NOMINEE Kentucky Bluegrass Award
NOMINEE Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award
NOMINEE Massachusetts Children’s Book Award
NOMINEE 2014 Minnesota Maud Heart Lovelace Award
NOMINEE New York State Charlotte Award
NOMINEE Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award
NOMINEE Texas Bluebonnet Master List
NOMINEE Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fischer Book Award
SELECTION 2022 Kansas National Education Association Reading Circle Catalog
FINALIST 2014 California Young Reader Medal