Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best books
WINNER 2010
Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices
WINNER 2011
IRA Teachers’ Choices
WINNER 2011
Irma Simonton Black Award
WINNER
New York Times Bestseller
WINNER 2010
Parents’ Choice Silver Honor Book
WINNER 2010
Publishers Weekly Bestsellers
WINNER 2010
Bank Street Child Study Children’s Book Award
NOMINEE
IRA Children’s Choices
NOMINEE
Nebraska Golden Sower Award
NOMINEE
South Carolina Children’s Book Award
NOMINEE
Virginia Young Readers Program Award
NOMINEE
CBC Awards & Honors
FINALIST