- One of Book Riot’s Top 100 Children’s Books of 2018
- One of CBC Books’ Best Canadian Children’s & YA Books of 2018
- One of The Boston Gobe’s Best Children’s Books of 2018
- One of Wall Street Journal’s Best Children’s Books of 2018
- One of Quill & Quire’s Books of the Year 2018
- One of Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Favourite Books of the Year 2018
- One of Horn Book Fanfare’s Best Books of 2018
- One of Publishers Weekly’s Best Children’s and YA Books 2018
- One of New York Public Library’s Best Books for Kids 2018
- One of Montreal Gazette’s Best Books to Give Kids for the Holidays 2018
- A 2019 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner!
- Publishers Weekly, starred review
- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
- Booklist, starred review
- BCCB, starred review
- Horn Books, starred review
- School Library Connection, starred review