| 2025 | The Experiment | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2025 | Anything | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2025 | Anything | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2025 | Anything | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2024 | The Lost Library | Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Children's Literature | |
| 2020 | The List of Things That Will Not Change | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Middle Grade & Children's | |
| 2020 | The List of Things That Will Not Change | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2020 | The List Of Things That Will Not Change | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2020 | The List of Things That Will Not Change | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Kids' Books | |
| 2020 | The List of Things That Will Not Change | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2019 | Bob | Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Children's Literature | |
| 2018 | Bob | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2018 | Bob | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2016 | Goodbye Stranger | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Fiction and Poetry | |
| 2015 | Goodbye Stranger | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Middle Grade & Children's | |
| 2015 | Goodbye Stranger | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2015 | Goodbye Stranger | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2015 | Goodbye Stranger | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2015 | Goodbye Stranger | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2015 | Goodbye Stranger | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Goodbye Stranger | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2015 | Goodbye Stranger | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2014 | Liar & Spy | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Carnegie Medal for Writing | |
| 2012 | Liar & Spy | Agatha Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Best Children's/YA | |
| 2012 | Liar & Spy | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Middle Grade & Children's | |
| 2012 | Liar & Spy | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2012 | Liar & Spy | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2012 | Liar & Spy | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Fiction | |
| 2012 | Liar & Spy | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | Liar & Spy | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | Liar & Spy | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2010 | When You Reach Me | John Newbery Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Children's Literature | |
| 2010 | When You Reach Me | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction and Poetry | |
| 2010 | When You Reach Me | Nebula Award (Novel, Novella and Andre Norton) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Andre Norton | |
| 2009 | When You Reach Me | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2009 | When You Reach Me | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2009 | When You Reach Me | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Middle Readers | |
| 2009 | When You Reach Me | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Fiction | |
| 2009 | When You Reach Me | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2009 | When You Reach Me | Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 100 | |