| 2022 | Blue Flower | CBCA Book of the Year Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Picture Book | |
| 2016 | Golden Boys | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Golden Boys | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Older Readers | |
| 2015 | Golden Boys | Miles Franklin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Golden Boys | Prime Minister's Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Golden Boys | Stella Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Writing | |
| 2014 | The Children of the King | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2013 | The Children of the King | CBCA Book of the Year Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Younger Readers | |
| 2013 | The Children of the King | Prime Minister's Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Young Adult Literature | |
| 2012 | Come Down, Cat! | CBCA Book of the Year Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Early Childhood | |
| 2012 | The Midnight Zoo | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Carnegie Medal for Writing | |
| 2012 | Come Down, Cat? | Prime Minister's Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Children's Literature | |
| 2012 | Sadie and Ratz | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2012 | Sadie and Ratz | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2011 | The Midnight Zoo | CBCA Book of the Year Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Older Readers | |
| 2010 | The Boy and the Toy | Aurealis Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Children's Illustrated Work | |
| 2010 | The Midnight Zoo | Aurealis Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young Adult Novel | |
| 2010 | Butterfly | Miles Franklin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2008 | The Ghost's Child | CBCA Book of the Year Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Older Readers | |
| 2007 | Surrender | Michael L. Printz Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Young Adult Literature | |
| 2007 | Surrender | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |