Frindle Awards:
Best Books:
The Report Card Awards:
Society of School Librarians
International Book Awards Honor Book 2004
Language Arts-Grades K-6 Novels United
States
Best Books:
- The Best Children's Books of the Year, 2002; Bank Street College of
Education; United States - Books That Comfort Us, 2002; Bank Street College of Education; United
States - Books to Read Aloud to Children of All Ages, 2003; Bank Street College of
Education; United States - Capitol Choices, 1996; The Capitol Choices Committee; United States
- Children's Catalog, Eighteenth Edition, 2001; H.W. Wilson; United
States - Fanfare Honor List, 1996; Horn Book; United States
- Kirkus Book Review Stars, 1996; United States
- Recommended Literature: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve, 2002; California
Department of Education; California
- Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award/Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award
Winner 1999 Arkansas - Beehive Award Winner 2000 Grades 3-6 Utah
- Black-Eyed Susan Book Award Winner 1999 Gr. 4-6 Maryland
- Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award Winner 1998-1999 Arkansas
- Children's Crown Award Winner 1998-1999 Grades 3-6 United States
- Christopher Awards Winner 1997 Ages 10-12 United States
- Delaware Diamonds Winner 1999 Grades 3-4 Delaware
- Flicker Tale Children's Book Award Winner 2001 Juvenile Fiction North
Dakota - Georgia Children's Book Award Winner 1999 Grades 4-8 Georgia
- Great Lakes' Great Books Award Honor Book 2001 Grades 4-5 United States
- Great Stone Face Award Winner 1998 New Hampshire
- Massachusetts Children's Book Award Winner 1999 Massachusetts
- Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Winner 1999 Division I Minnesota
- Nevada Young Readers' Award Winner 1999 Young Readers' Nevada
- North Carolina Children's Book Award Winner 1999 Junior Book North
Carolina - Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Winner 2000 Gr. 3-5
Pennsylvania - Prairie Pasque Award Winner 1999 South Dakota
- Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Winner 1999 Illinois
- Rhode Island Children's Book Award Winner 1998 Rhode Island
- The Sasquatch Reading Award Winner 1999 Washington
- William Allen White Children's Book Award Winner 1999 Kansas
- Young Hoosier Book Award Winner 1999 Gr. 4-6 Indiana
- Young Reader's Choice Award Winner 1999 Youth Pacific Northwest
The Report Card Awards:
Society of School Librarians
International Book Awards Honor Book 2004
Language Arts-Grades K-6 Novels United
States