| 2025 | The First State of Being | John Newbery Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Children's Literature | |
| 2025 | The Last Resort | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2025 | At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2025 | Your Turn Marisol Rainey | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2025 | The Last Resort | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2025 | At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction Middle to High School | |
| 2024 | The First State of Being | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young People's Literature | |
| 2024 | The First State of Being | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2024 | Felix Powell, Boy Dog | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2024 | The First State of Being | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2023 | Only Only Marisol Rainey | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Surely Surely Marisol Rainey | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Younger Readers | |
| 2022 | Those Kids from Fawn Creek | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2022 | Surely Surely Marisol Rainey | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Those Kids from Fawn Creek | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | Those Kids From Fawn Creek | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2022 | Those Kids from Fawn Creek | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2021 | We Dream of Space | John Newbery Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Children's Literature | |
| 2021 | Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2021 | Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Younger Readers | |
| 2021 | Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Lalani of the Distant Sea | Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Children's Literature | |
| 2020 | We Dream of Space | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Middle Grade & Children's | |
| 2020 | We Dream of Space | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2020 | We Dream of Space | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2020 | We Dream of Space | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | We Dream of Space | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2020 | We Dream of Space | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2019 | Lalani of the Distant Sea | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2019 | Lalani of the Distant Sea | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2019 | Lalani of the Distant Sea | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Lalani of the Distant Sea | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2019 | Lalani of the Distant Sea | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2019 | Lalani of the Distant Sea | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2018 | Hello, Universe | John Newbery Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Children's Literature | |
| 2018 | You Go First | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Middle Grade & Children's | |
| 2018 | You Go First | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2018 | You Go First | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2017 | Hello, Universe | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2017 | Hello, Universe | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2017 | Hello, Universe | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2017 | Hello, Universe | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2017 | Hello, Universe | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2016 | The Land of Forgotten Girls | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2015 | Blackbird Fly | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2015 | Blackbird Fly | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |