| 2024 | Godfather Death | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2024 | Godfather Death | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Middle Fiction | |
| 2024 | Godfather Death | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2024 | Godfather Death | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2024 | Yours From the Tower | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2023 | Godfather Death | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children’s | |
| 2022 | The Silent Stars Go By | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2020 | The Silent Stars Go By | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's and young adult | |
| 2019 | Things a Bright Girl Can Do | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Carnegie Medal for Writing | |
| 2017 | Things a Bright Girl Can Do | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2015 | An Island of Our Own | Costa Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Children's | |
| 2008 | Ways to Live Forever | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |