Accolades: “Seraphina”

  • A New York Times Bestseller
  • An Indie Bestseller
  • An Amazon Top 20 Teen Book of the Year
  • A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book
  • A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of the Year
  • A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
  • A Library Journal Best Young Adult Literature for Adults Selection
  • A Booklist Editors’ Choice
  • An ABA Top 10 Kids’ Indie Next List Selection
  • An ABC New Voices Pick
  • Nominated for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction
  • Winner of the Cybil Award for Teen Fantasy and Science Fiction
  • A Publishers Weekly Flying Start Author
  • An ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book
  • An ALA-YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults Books
  • Winner of the William C. Morris YA Debut Award
  • A YALSA Teens Top Ten Nominee
  • Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews,
  • Starred Review, Publishers Weekly
  • Starred Review, Shelf Awareness,
  • Starred Review, Booklist
  • Starred Review, The Horn Book Magazine
  • Starred Review, The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books,
  • Starred Review, Voice of Youth Advocates:
  • Starred Review, School Library Journal,

Accolades: “Eleanor & Park”

  • A New York Times Best Seller!
  • A 2014 Michael L. Printz Honor Book for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
  • Eleanor & Park is the winner of the 2013 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Best Fiction Book.
  • A Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of 2013
  • A New York Times Book Review Notable Children’s Book of 2013
  • A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2013
  • An NPR Best Book of 2013
  • Publisher’s Weekly, starred review
  • Kirkus, starred review
  • Booklist, starred review

Accolades: “Bomb: The Race to Build – And Steal – The World’s Most Powerful Weapon”

  • A Newbery Honor book
  • A National Book Awards finalist for Young People’s Literature
  • Robert F. Sibert Award
  • YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction
  • Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year
  • BCCB Recommended Title
  • CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
  • Washington Post Best Books of the Year
  • Maine Student Book Award Master List
  • VA Jefferson Cup Winner (Older Readers)
  • Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award