A SINGLE SHARD

2002 Newbery Medal Book
2002 ALA Best Book for Young Adults
2002 ALA Notable Book for Children
2001 Booklist Editor's Choice
2001 Capitol Choices Selection
2001 School Library Journal, Best Books of the Year
2001 New York Public Library, 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
2004 Sequoyah Book Award (OK)
2006 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award Master List (IL)


WHEN MY NAME WAS KEOKO

2002 Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year
2002 School Library Journal, Best Books of the Year
2002 New York Public Library, 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
2003 ALA Notable Book for Children
2003 Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
2005 Sequoyah Book Award (OK) Nominee
2003 ALA Best Book for Young Adults
2003 Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year
2003 NYPL Books for the Teen Age List
2003 CCBC Choices
2005 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award Master List (IL)
2004 Skipping Stones Honor Award
2004 Maine Student Book Award Master List
2003 Jane Addams Book Award Honor Book
2005 Mark Twain Award Master List (MO)
2006 Sunshine State Young Readers’ Master List (FL)
2005 Garden State (NJ) Teen Book Award Nominee

PROJECT MULBERRY

2006 CCBC Choices
2005 New York Public Library, 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
2005 Chicago Tribune Young Adult Fiction Prize
2005 Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Books
2005 Notable Books for a Global Society
2006 Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year
2006 Kansas State Reading Circle Recommendation
2006 Texas Bluebonnet Master List
2006 Keystone to Reading Master List (PA)
2007 Kentucky Bluegrass Award Nominee
2008 Mark Twain Award Master List (MO)

THE KITE FIGHTERS

2002 California Young Readers Medal finalist
2001 Notable Books for a Global Society
2000 Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year
2004 Texas Bluebonnet Master List
2005 Arizona Young Readers’ Master List


SEESAW GIRL

1999 Riverbank Review Book of Distinction
1999 New York Public Library, 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
2000 Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year

TAP DANCING ON THE ROOF

2008 ALA Notable Book for Children
2007 Book Sense Award Finalist
2007 Horn Book Fanfare Selection
2007 ABC Children's Booksellers Choice Award

THE FIREKEEPER'S SON

2004 Parents' Choice Recommended Winner
2004 New York Public Library, 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
2005 CCBC Choices
2005 Kansas State Reading Circle Recommendation
2005 Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year
2006 Young Hoosier Book Award (IN) Nominee
2006 Kentucky Bluegrass Award Nominee
2004 Bank Street College of Education Irma S. and James H. Black Finalist
2007 Volunteer State (TN) Book Award Master Reading List




WHAT DOES BUNNY SEE?

2006 Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year
2006 Kansas State Reading Circle Recommendation



BEE-BIM BOP!

2005 New York Public Library, 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
2006 Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year
2006 Kansas State Reading Circle Recommendation

 
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