| 2023 | When Clouds Touch Us | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Fiction and Poetry | |
| 2022 | Hundred Years of Happiness | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2020 | Butterfly Yellow | Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Historical Fiction | |
| 2019 | Butterfly Yellow | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young Adult Literature | |
| 2019 | Butterfly Yellow | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2019 | Butterfly Yellow | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | Butterfly Yellow | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Older Readers | |
| 2019 | Butterfly Yellow | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2015 | Listen, Slowly | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2015 | Listen, Slowly | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2012 | Inside Out & Back Again | John Newbery Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Children's Literature | |
| 2011 | Inside Out & Back Again | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Young People's Literature | |
| 2011 | Inside Out & Back Again | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2011 | Inside Out and Back Again | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2011 | Inside Out & Back Again | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2011 | Inside Out and Back Again | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Fiction | |
| 2011 | Inside Out & Back Again | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2011 | Inside Out and Back Again | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |