| 2024 | Grace Notes | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2022 | The Turtle of Michigan | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2020 | Cast Away | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Poetry | |
| 2020 | Cast Away | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2018 | Voices in the Air | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2014 | The Turtle of Oman | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2014 | The Turtle of Oman | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2010 | Time You Let Me in: 25 Poets Under 25 | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Folk and Fairy Tales and Poetry | |
| 2010 | Time You Let Me In: 25 Poets Under 25 | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2008 | Honeybee: Poems & Short Prose | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Nonfiction | |
| 2008 | Honeybee | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |