Awards and Honors

 UNWIND

American Library Association “Best Book” 2008
American Library Association Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers 2008
2008 New York Public Library Best Book for Teens

 

EVERLOST

2008 International Reading Association Young-Adult Choice
2009 Oklahoma Sequoyah Award List
2006 School Library Journal “Best Book”
VOYA 2008 “Top Shelf Fiction” Award
2007 Georgia Peach Award List
2007 NY Public Library Best Book for Teens
2007Southern California Children’s Literature Council of Book of the Year
2007/08 Illinois Rebecca Caudill Award List
 

DREADLOCKS

2007 International Reading Association Young-Adult Choice
 

THE SCHWA WAS HERE

2008 California Young Reader Medal
2008 Indiana Young Adult Hoosier Award List
2005 Boston Globe/Horn book Award for fiction
American Library Association Best Book 2005
American Library Association Notable Book 2005
International Reading Association Young Adult Choice 2006
Georgia Peach Book Award List
Oklahoma Sequoyah Award Masterlist 2006/2007
Texas Lonestar Award List 2005/2006*
New Jersey Garden State Book Award List.
NYPL Best Book for the Teenaged
South Carolina Young Adult Book Award list 2005/2006
Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award List 2005/2006
Voya “Top Shelf Fiction” Award
Junior Library Guild Featured Selection 2006
Kentucky Bluegrass Award List 2006
Rhode Island Teen Book Award list 2006
Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award List 2007
Magnolia Teen Book Award List 2006
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book 2006
Children’s Literature Choice List 2005
 

Full Tilt

ALA-YALSA "Popular Paperbacks" 2005
International Reading Association - Young Adult Choice, 2005
Junior Library Guild featured selection 2003
Minnesota Maud Hart Lovelace Award list 2005/2006
Nebraska Golden Sower Award List 2005/2006
Oklahoma Sequoyah Young Adult Award list 2006
Rhode Island Teen Book Award list 2005
South Dakota Prairie Pasque Young Adult Book Award list 2005/2006
Texas Lonestar Award 2004/2005
Utah Beehive Award list 2004/2005
New Jersey Garden State Young Adult Book Award list, 2005/2006
Connecticut Young Adult "Nutmeg" Award List, 2006
Ohio "Buckeye" Children's Book Award List 2005/2006
Michigan - "Thumbs Up" Award List 2002
Maryland:  Baltimore "Great Books for Teens" List, 2003
Nevada Young Readers Award list2006
South Carolina Young Adult Book Award list 2005/2006
California Readers Award List, 2004

Downsiders

American Library Association "Young Adult Best Book" 2000
American Library Association "Quick Pick" 2000
Virginia Young Reader Award List 2001/2002
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award List 2001/2002
Nevada Student Book Award List 2001/2002
Indiana Young Hoosier Award List 2001/2002
Texas Lone Star Award, 2000/2001
New York Public Library "Best Book for Teens" Award list, 2000
South Dakota Prairie Pasque Young Adult Award List 2001/2001
Oklahoma Sequoyah Young Adult Award List 2001/2002
Iowa Children's Choice Young Adult Award 2001/2002
Maine Student Book Award List 2001/2002
South Carolina Children's Book Award List 2001/2002
Junior Library Guild selection, Spring 1999
#2 on the Barnes and Noble Teen Best Seller List, July 1999

The Dark Side of Nowhere

00/01: Utah Children's Book Award List
00/01: Illinois Rebecca Caudill Award List
00/0l: Indiana Young Hoosier Award list
00/01: Nebraska Golden Sower Award list
99/00: Texas Lone Star Award List
99/00: South Carolina Young-Adult Book Award List
99/00: Oklahoma Sequoyah Award List
99/00: California Young Reader Medal -- nomination
98/99: Maine Student Book Award List
1999 Hal Clements Golden Duck Award (Young-Adult "Hugo")
1999: Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People "Outstanding Book of the Year"
1998: American Library Association YALSA "Best Book for Young Adults"
1998: American Library Association YALSA "Quick Pick" - TOP TEN LIST

Mindquakes

1997:American Library Association  "Quick Pick"
 

Scorpion Shards

1997:New York Public Library "Best Book for the Teenaged"
1996:American Library Association  "Quick Pick" nomination
1996:American Library Association "Best Book for Young Adults" nomination
 

The Eyes of Kid Midas

1993:American Library Association
"Best Book for Reluctant Readers"
 

What Daddy Did

1995:Indiana Young Hoosier Award List
1995:Tennessee: State Award List
1994:Oklahoma Sequoyah Award
1993:American Bookseller's Association "Pick of the List"
1993:South Carolina: State Award List
1993:International Reading Association "Young-Adult Choice Award"
1992:International Reading Association "Children's Choice Award"
1992:Southern California Council on Literature  for Children and
 Young People "Outstanding Book of the Year"
1992:American Library Association "Best Book for Young Adults"
1992:N.Y. Public Library "Best Book for the Teenaged"
1992:Texas Library Association State Award List
1992:Michigan: State Award List

Speeding Bullet

1996:California Young Reader Medal nomination
1993:Iowa Reading Association Award List
1992:N.Y. Public Library "Best Book for the Teenaged"

The Shadow Club

1988:International Reading Association "Children's Choice award"
1988:Land of Enchantment Young-Adult Award List