Book Awards & Distinctions
for Martha Brockenbrough
22 Total Book Awards
I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story (8)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2024
Winner, 2022
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Finalist, 2022
Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Finalist, 2023
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2022
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2022
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2022
The Game of Love and Death (4)
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2015
YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023
Winner, 2016
Young Adult Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2016
Future Tense: How We Made Artificial Intelligence--And How It Will Change Everything (3)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2024
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Selection, 2025
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2024
To Catch a Thief (2)
Unpresidented: A Biography of Donald Trump (2)
American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2018
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2017
Back to School with Bigfoot (1)
Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2018
Frank and the Bad Surprise (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2022
