Awards & Honors
Awards
- National Book Award Finalist, 2006
- Publishers Weekly, Best 25 Books of 2009
- Publishers Weekly, Best 100 Books of 2006
- National Public Radio’s Best Books of the Year 2006
- American Library Association, Top Ten List, Best Books of the Year, 2006
- Booklist 2006 Editor’s Choice Award
- Gustav-Heinemann Peace Price 2009
- Booklist Top Ten Women’s History Books for Youth, 2007
- ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2007
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2007
- Chicago Public Library Best of the Best List, 2006
- Chicago Tribune Best of the Year, 2006
- Book Sense Pick, Winter 2006
- IndieBound Pick, Autumn, 2009
- New York Public Library Best Books for the Teenage, 2000, 2004, 2006
- American Library Association Best Book of the Year 2002
- American Library Association Top Ten Quick Pick 2000
- Children’s Literature Council’s Choice 2000, 2006
- Teen People Book-of-the-Month selection 2000
Honors
- New York Foundation on the Arts fellowship
- Virginia Center for the Creative Arts fellowship
