Awards

Dancing on the Edge

* National Book Award Winner
* School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
* Booklist Editor's Choice
* New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
* A YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, American Library Association

Send Me Down A Miracle

* National Book Award Finalist
* Starred reviews, School Library Journal and Booklist
* Pointer review, Kirkus Reviews
* New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
* A YALSA Popular Paperback for Young Adults
* Parent's Choice Book Award
* Alabama Library Association Author Award

Born Blue

* A YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, American Library Association
* A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
* A Junior Library Guild Selection
* Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee
* IRA/​CBC Young Adults' Choice
* TAYSHAS High School Reading List
* Iowa High School Book Award Master List
* South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee
* Kentucky Bluegrass Award Nominee
* Garden State Teen Book Award Nominee

If I Should Die Before I Wake

* International Reading Association/​Children's Book Council Book Award
* New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
* A YALSA Popular Paperback for Young Adults

When We Were Saints

* A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
* Children's Literature Choice List
* A YALSA Popular Paperback for Young Adults

A Summer of Kings

* Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews
* Starred Review, School Library Journal
* A VOYA Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers Selection
* A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age

A Face in Every Window

* Starred reviews in Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal
* New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
* Alabama Library Association Author Award
* Eliot Rosewater Award Nominee