| 2019 | Exile From Eden: Or, After the Hole | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Fiction | |
| 2015 | Grasshopper Jungle | Michael L. Printz Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Young Adult Literature | |
| 2015 | The Alex Crow | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2015 | The Alex Crow | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Fiction | |
| 2015 | The Alex Crow | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2014 | Grasshopper Jungle | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction and Poetry | |
| 2014 | Grasshopper Jungle | The Kitschies source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Red Tentacle (Novel) | |
| 2014 | Grasshopper Jungle | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young Adult Literature | |
| 2014 | 100 Sideways Miles | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Young People's Literature | |
| 2014 | 100 Sideways Miles | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2014 | Grasshopper Jungle | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2014 | 100 Sideways Miles | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Fiction | |
| 2014 | 100 Sideways Miles | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2014 | Grasshopper Jungle | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2014 | 100 Sideways Miles | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2014 | Grasshopper Jungle | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2014 | Grasshopper Jungle | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2014 | Grasshopper Jungle | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2013 | Winger | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Older Readers | |
| 2013 | Winger | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Fiction | |
| 2013 | Winger | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2013 | Winger | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2012 | Passenger | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2010 | The Marbury Lens | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Older Readers | |
| 2010 | The Marbury Lens | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Fiction | |
| 2006 | Moondust | British Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year | |