| Literary Awards: | Newbery Medal (2013), California Book Award for Juvenile (Gold) (2012), Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award for Grades 3-6 (2014), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2014), Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award Nominee (2015) Bluestem Book Award (2015), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children's (2012), SCBWI Crystal Kite Member Choice Award for California/Hawaii (2013), Oklahoma Sequoyah Award for Children (2015), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2015) |
