Arizona

• 2013 Grand Canyon Reader Award -- Tween category

Arkansas

• Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, 2012-2013

Delaware

• 2012 Blue Hen Book Award – Middle Readers

Georgia

• 2011-2012 Georgia Children's Book Award

Hawaii

• 2012 Nene Award

Illinois

• Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award, 2014, for Grades 4-8

Indiana

• Young Hoosier Book Award, 2013-2014, Grades 4-6

Iowa

• Iowa Children's Choice Award, 2012-2013, Grades 3-6

Kansas

• William Allen White Award, 2012-2013, Grades 6-8

Kentucky

• 2012 Kentucky Bluegrass Award — Upper Elementary

Maine

• 2011-2012 Maine Student Book Award

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts Children's Book Award, 2012-2013

Nevada

• 2013 Nevada Young Readers' Award--Intermediate Division

New Jersey

• Garden State Teen Book Awards, 2013 -- Middle School Fiction

New Mexico

• 2013 New Mexico Battle of the Books for Middle Schools

North Carolina

• 2011-2012 NCSLMA Middle School Battle of the Books
• NCSLMA Middle School Battle of the Books, 2014-2015
• NCSLMA Middle School Battle of the Books, 2017-2018, Grades 6-8

Pennsylvania

• 2011 KSRA Young Adult Book Award – Middle School List

South Carolina

• Battle of the Books, Independent Schools, Middle School List, 2021-2022
• Battle of the Books, Independent Schools, Middle School List, 2024-2025
• SCASL Junior Book Awards, 2012-2013, Grades 6-8

Vermont

• 2011-2012 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award

Virginia

• 2011-2012 Virginia Readers' Choice, Middle School

Washington

• Sasquatch Reading Award, 2014, Grades 3-6

West Virginia

• 2011-2012 West Virginia Children's Choice Book Awards, Grades 3-6

Wisconsin

• 2011-2012 Battle of the Books -- Elementary Division
• 2011-2012 Battle of the Books -- Middle Division
• 2011-2012 Golden Archer Award – Intermediate Category
• Battle of the Books, 2016-2017 -- Middle Division for Grades 6-8