2000 Colorado Book Award Winner
2001 United Kingdom Carnegie Medal nominee
2002 New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
2002/2003 Texas Lone Star Master List
2002/2003 Oklahoma Sequoyah YA Book Awards Master List
2002/2003 Utah Young Adults' Book Award List
2003 Kallbacher Klapperschlange Award Winner (Germany)
2004-2005 Colorado Blue Spruce Award Nominee