| 2025 | Rebellion 1776 | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Shout | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Poetry | |
| 2019 | Shout | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young Adult Literature | |
| 2019 | SHOUT | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Young People's Literature | |
| 2019 | Shout | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2019 | SHOUT: A Poetry Memoir | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Nonfiction | |
| 2019 | SHOUT | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | Shout | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Older Readers | |
| 2019 | SHOUT | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2019 | SHOUT: A Poetry Memoir | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Poetry | |
| 2019 | Shout | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2019 | Shout | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2018 | Speak: The Graphic Novel | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Graphic Novels and Manga | |
| 2018 | Speak: The Graphic Novel | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Older Readers | |
| 2018 | Speak: The Graphic Novel | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Graphic Novels | |
| 2018 | Speak: The Graphic Novel | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2016 | Ashes (The Seeds of America Trilogy) | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2014 | The Impossible Knife of Memory | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Young People's Literature | |
| 2014 | The Impossible Knife of Memory | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Young Adult Fiction | |
| 2014 | The Impossible Knife of Memory | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2014 | The Impossible Knife of Memory | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Older Readers | |
| 2014 | The Impossible Knife of Memory | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2014 | The Impossible Knife of Memory | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2014 | The Impossible Knife of Memory | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2010 | Chains | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Carnegie Medal for Writing | |
| 2010 | Forge | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2010 | Forge | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2010 | Forge | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2009 | Chains | Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Historical Fiction | |
| 2009 | Wintergirls | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Fiction | |
| 2009 | Wintergirls | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Older Readers | |
| 2009 | Wintergirls | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Fiction | |
| 2009 | Wintergirls | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2008 | Chains | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young People's Literature | |
| 2008 | Chains | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Older Readers | |
| 2008 | Chains | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Fiction | |