| 2025 | One Crazy Summer: The Graphic Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2025 | One Crazy Summer: The Graphic Novel | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Graphic Novels | |
| 2025 | One Crazy Summer | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2021 | A Sitting in St. James | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction and Poetry | |
| 2021 | A Sitting in St. James | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young Adult Literature | |
| 2021 | A Sitting in St. James | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Older Readers | |
| 2021 | A Sitting in St. James | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2021 | A Sitting in St. James | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2021 | A Sitting in St. James | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2021 | A Sitting in St. James | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2017 | Clayton Byrd Goes Underground | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young People's Literature | |
| 2017 | Clayton Byrd Goes Underground | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2017 | Clayton Byrd Goes Underground | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Clayton Byrd Goes Underground | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2017 | Clayton Byrd Goes Underground | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2017 | Clayton Byrd Goes Underground | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2016 | Gone Crazy in Alabama | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Author | |
| 2015 | Gone Crazy in Alabama | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2015 | Gone Crazy in Alabama | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2015 | Gone Crazy in Alabama | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2014 | P.S. Be Eleven | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Author | |
| 2013 | P.S. Be Eleven | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2013 | P.S. Be Eleven | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2013 | P.S. Be Eleven | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Fiction | |
| 2013 | P.S. Be Eleven | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2013 | P.S. Be Eleven | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2013 | P.S. Be Eleven | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2011 | One Crazy Summer | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Author | |
| 2011 | One Crazy Summer | Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Historical Fiction | |
| 2011 | One Crazy Summer | John Newbery Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Children's Literature | |
| 2010 | One Crazy Summer | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young People's Literature | |
| 2010 | One Crazy Summer | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2010 | One Crazy Summer | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2010 | One Crazy Summer | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2010 | One Crazy Summer | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Fiction | |
| 2010 | One Crazy Summer | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2010 | One Crazy Summer | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2009 | Jumped | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young People's Literature | |
| 2009 | Jumped | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Older Readers | |