| 2018 | Attucks! Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team that Awakened a City | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2018 | Attucks! Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Older Readers | |
| 2018 | Attucks! | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2016 | The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Informational Book | |
| 2015 | The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction | |
| 2015 | The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2015 | The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Older Readers | |
| 2015 | The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2015 | The Boys Who Challenged Hitler | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2013 | Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 | YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | |
| 2012 | Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Older Readers | |
| 2012 | Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2012 | Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2012 | Moonbird | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2010 | Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice | John Newbery Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Children's Literature | |
| 2010 | Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Informational Book | |
| 2010 | Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice | YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | |
| 2010 | Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2009 | Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Young People's Literature | |
| 2009 | Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2009 | Claudette Colvin: Twice toward Justice | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Older Readers | |
| 2009 | Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Nonfiction | |
| 2009 | Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |