Awards

Fighting Words

• Newbery Honor
• Odyssey Honor
• Kirkus Prize Finalist
• Kirkus Best Book of the Year
• Booklist Best Books 2020
• Publisher’s Weekly Best Books 2020
• School Library Journal Best Books 2020
• Boston Globe Best Book of the Year
• New York Public Library Best Book of the Year
• Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
• Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year
• BookPage Best Book of the Year
• A Junior Library Guild selection

The War I Finally Won

• New York Times bestseller
• Boston Globe Best of the Year
• Hornbook Fanfare 2017
• Kirkus Best Books of the Year
• Barnes and Noble Best Books of the Year
• Washington Post Best Children’s Books of the Year
• Amazon Best Books of the Year
• California Young Reader’s Medal

The War That Saved My Life

• Newbery Honor
• #1 New York Times bestseller
• Schneider Family Book Award
• Odyssey Award
• Josette Frank Award
• Judy Lopez Memorial Award
• WSJ Best Book of the Year
• E.B. White Read Aloud Honor Book
• HornBook Fanfare List

TWTSML was nominated for 45 state book awards, and won the following:

• Nebraska Golden Sower Award
• New Hampshire Isinglass Award
• Massachusetts Children’s Book Award
• Florida Sunshine State Book Award
• Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award
• Minnesota Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
• Oklahoma Sequoia Intermediate Book Award
• Missouri Mark Twain Book Award
• Oregon Children’s Book Award
• Virginia Reader’s Choice Award
• Connecticut Nutmeg Award
• Arkansas Charlie May Simon Book Award
• Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Book Award
• California Young Reader’s Medal

Jefferson’s Sons

• Kirkus Best Books of 2001
• ALA Notable Book

For Freedom

• IRA Teacher’s Choice Award