CCBC Choices 2013

chosen by Cooperative Children's Book Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin

a Top Ten Children’s History Book of 2012

chosen by NonfictionDetectives.com

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Starred reviews in Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and School Library Journal  

2009 Robert F. Sibert Informational Award Honor Book

awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association

Finalist for the 2010 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books

Kirkus Reviews' Best Children's Books of 2008

2008 New York Public Library, 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing

Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book 2009 (10-14)

the South Dakota Library Association Prairie Pasque Award for Grades 3-5, 2011

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Nominated for:

the Young Hoosier Book Award, Middle Grades, 2010-2011

the Garden State Teen Book Award for Nonfiction Grades 6-12, 2011

Starred reviews in Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal  

Best Books for Young Adults 2006

chosen by the American Library Association

 

Best Children’s Books of 2005

chosen by School Library Journal

2006 Orbis Pictus Recommended Book

chosen by the National Council of Teachers of English

Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Nonfiction Honor List 2005

2007 Birmingham (AL) Public Library Read It Forward book

2005 New York Public Library, 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing

2006 New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age

Nominated for:

the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, 2006-2007

the Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Award 2008, Grades 6-8

the South Dakota Library Association Prairie Pasque Awards for Grades 4-6, 2007-2008

the Children's Literature Association of Utah's Beehive Award (Informational Book) 2007-2008

the Garden State Book Award (Children's Nonfiction) 2008 

Starred review in School Library Journal  

Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Nonfiction Honor List 1999

Nominated for:

the Washington Irving Children's Choice Award, Westchester County Public Library Association, 1999-2000.

Starred reviews in School Library Journal and Booklist.

Selected as an Honor Book for the Washington Irving’s Children Choice Book Award, Westchester County Public Library Association, 1998.

Selected as one of the Favorite Books of the Year by the Young Critics Club of the New Canaan (CT) Library, 1997

Selected as one of the Favorite Books for Grades 4 & 5 by the Palm Beach (FL) County Library System

Selected as an Honor Book in Science by the Society of School Librarians International.

Nominated for the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Children’s Nonfiction Book, 1994.

Selected as a 1999 Popular Paperback for Young Adults, American Library Association

Selected as a Notable Book in the Language Arts, Children’s Literature Assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English, 1995.

Selected as an outstanding Book for Middle School Teens, 1994, VOYA.

Selected for the New York Public Library's Books for the Teenage List, 1999

1997-1998 TAYSHAS High School Reading List

Selected by the Young Adult Round Table of the Texas Library Association

Starred reviews in School Library Journal and Notes from the Windowsill.