- National Book Award: Young People’s Literature 2015 finalist
- A Booklist Top Ten First Novel of 2015
- A New York Times Bestseller
- Amazon.com Editor’s Pick: Fall Favorites, 2015, and 20 Best Children’s Books of 2015
- Kirkus, starred review
- School Library Journal, starred review
- Publisher’s Weekly, starred review
- Booklist, starred review
- Shelf Awareness, starred review
- Booklist Top Ten Books for Youth 2015
- Book Expo America Middle Grade Editors’ Buzz selection (2015)
- 100 Notable Titles for Reading and Sharing (Children’s Books) — New York Public Library
- Great Reads of 2015 (Staff Picks, Book Club Ideas, Kids’ Books, Realistic Fiction) — NPR
- #4 of Top 10 YA & Children’s Books — TIME
- Best of 2015 — School Library Journal
- Best of 2015 — Publisher’s Weekly
- Bestseller, Notable Book — New York Times
- Bestseller — IndieBound
- #1 on IndieNext Kids’ top ten list, fall 2015
- Selected for 2015 BEA’s Editors’ Buzz Panel, and named a BEA “Early Favorite for Young Readers,”
- Listed as “hot, new YA” selection in Entertainment Weekly
- Junior Library Guild, fall 2015 selection
- Literary Hub, The Great Booksellers Fall Preview selection
Teen Reader's Choice Award 