| 2025 | Candle Island | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2021 | Echo Mountain | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Carnegie Medal for Writing | |
| 2020 | Echo Mountain | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2020 | Echo Mountain | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2020 | Echo Mountain | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Echo Mountain | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2020 | Echo Mountain | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2020 | Echo Mountain | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2020 | Echo Mountain | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2018 | Beyond the Bright Sea | Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Historical Fiction | |
| 2018 | Beyond the Bright Sea | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Carnegie Medal for Writing | |
| 2017 | Wolf Hollow | John Newbery Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Children's Literature | |
| 2017 | Wolf Hollow | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Carnegie Medal for Writing | |
| 2017 | Beyond the Bright Sea | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Middle Grade & Children's | |
| 2017 | Beyond the Bright Sea | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2017 | Beyond the Bright Sea | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2017 | Beyond The Bright Sea | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2017 | Beyond the Bright Sea | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2017 | Beyond the Bright Sea | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Beyond the Bright Sea | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2017 | Beyond the Bright Sea | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2016 | Wolf Hollow | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Middle Grade & Children's | |
| 2016 | Wolf Hollow | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2016 | Wolf Hollow | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2016 | Wolf Hollow | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2016 | Wolf Hollow | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |