Read Alikes: “The Girl Who Drank the Moon”

Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
Greenglass House by Kate Milford
Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
The Mystery of Hollow Places by Rebecca Podos
The Night Gardener Jonathan Auxier
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
The Witch’s Boy by Kelly Barnhill

Accolades: “The Reader”

  • An ALA Top Ten Best Fiction Pick – 2017
  • A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year – 2016
  • Finalist for the 2016 Kirkus Prize
  • A Kirkus Best Book of the Year – 2016
  • An NPR Best Book of the Year – 2016
  • A Buzzfeed Best YA Book of the Year – 2016
  • A Bustle Best YA Book of the Year – 2016
  • Minnesota Public Radio Best YA Book of the Year – 2016
  • A Barnes & Noble Best Book of the Year – 2016
  • A 2016 Nerdy Book Club Award Winner
  • An ABA Indies Choice Honor Book – 2017

Accolades: “Lily and Dunkin”

  • An Indie Next Pick!
  • Amazon Best Book of the Month!
  • CBC’s May Hot Off the Press!
  • An NAIBA Seasonal Pick!
  • A New York Public Library Best book for Kids, 2016!
  • Another Indie Favorite Title!
  • Amazon’s Top 20 Children’s Books of 2016
  • 2017 Southern Book Award Finalist
  • Voice Award from the Palm Beach County Action Alliance for Mental Health
  • NPR’s Best Kids’ Books of 2016
  • Chicago Public Library Best Fiction for Older Readers 2016
  • New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2016
  • Top 10 Audiobooks of 2016, School Library Journal
  • YALSA 2017 Best Fiction for Young Adults
  • YALSA 2017 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
  • ALA 2017 Rainbow Book List — GLBTQ Books for Children & Teens
  • Georgia Book Award, 2017-2018 Nominee
  • Rhode Island Middle School Book Award Nominee, 2018
  • Wisconsin State Reading Association’s Just One More Page Selection, 2017
  • Junior Library Guild Selection
  • Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 — Best Middle Grade & Children’s
  • 2016 Nerdy Book Club Award
  • 2016 Rainbow Awards — Best Transgender Book
  • 2016 Spring Okra Pick — the Best in Southern Literature

Accolades: “The Girl Who Drank the Moon”

  • Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal
  • The New York Times Bestseller
  • An Entertainment Weekly Best Middle Grade Book of 2016
  • A New York Public Library Best Book of 2016
  • A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2016
  • An Amazon Top 20 Best Book of 2016
  • A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2016
  • A School Library Journal Best Book of 2016
  • Named to KirkusReviews’ Best Books of 2016
  • 2017 Booklist Youth Editors’ Choice
  • EW.com, The Best Middle-Grade Books of 2016
  • Kirkus Reviews, starred review
  • Booklist, starred review
  • School Library Journal, starred review
  • Publishers Weekly, starred review
  • Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, starred review
  • Shelf Awareness for Readers, starred review

Accolades: “When Dimple Met Rishi”

  • A Summer 2017 Top Ten Indie Next Pick
  • A Junior Library Guild Selection
  • Teen Vogue’s 10 Diverse Books by YA Authors of Color to Read in 2017
  • Bustle’s 19 Best Young Adult Books of May 2017
  • Seventeen Magazine’s 12 Life-Changing Books You Have to Read This Summer
  • com’s 10 Most Anticipated Young Adult Books of May 2017
  • New York Times and national Indie bestseller
  • Kirkus Reviews, starred review
  • VOYA, starred review
  • SLJ’s Best YA of 2017
  • Kirkus Best of 2017