Accolades: “Brown Girl Dreaming”

  • Publishers Weekly, starred review
  • School Library Journal, starred review
  • Kirkus, starred review
  • Booklist, starred review
  • The Horn Book, starred review
  • The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, starred review
  • Library Media Connection, starred review
  • 2014 National Book Award Winner, Young People’s Literature
  • John Newbery 2015 Honor Book
  • NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Youth / Teens (2015)
  • Coretta Scott King Book Award for 2015
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2015 Honor Book
  • The Claudia Lewis Award

Accolades: “Out of the Easy”

  • Kirkus, starred review
  • School Library Journal, starred review
  • Amazon Best Teen & Young Adult Books of 2013
  • On the list 2015 list for Woozle’s Battle of the Books
  • New York Times bestseller
  • A Kirkus Best Book of 2013
  • A Goodreads Best Young Adult Fiction Book of 2013
  • Yalsa Best Fiction for Young Adults nomination
  • Carnegie Medal 2014 Finalist
  • A Junior Library Guild Book Pick
  • A New York Times Editor’s Choice Novel
  • YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction For Young Adults
  • Booklist Top 10 Best Fiction for Young Adults
  • A CCBC Choice Selection
  • A Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year Selection
  • A Cybils Award Finalist
  • Indie Next List Top Ten Pick
  • Barnes & Noble Best Teen Books of 2013
  • Newsday’s Top 10 Books of 2013
  • BookPage Best Young Adult Books of 2013
  • Finalist for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in the UK
  • Finalist for the Prix Farniente in Belgium
  • Los Angeles Public Library Best Teen Books of 2013
  • Goodreads Choice Best Teen Fiction of 2013
  • Book of the Year in Spain