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Children's Choice Awards Nominations and State Reading List Recommendations |
| Backwater | 1999 | WINNER | Society of School Librarians International Honor Award | |
| Backwater | 2002 | Nominated | AK,ID,MT,OR,WA; Canada-AB,BC | Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award |
| Backwater | 2001-02 | Nominated | Florida | Sunshine State Young Reader's Award |
| Backwater | 2001-02 | Nominated | Illinois | Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award |
| Backwater | 2001-02 | Nominated | Missouri | Mark Twain Award |
| Backwater | 1999 | New York, NY | New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age | |
| Backwater | 2001-02 | Nominated | South Carolina | Young Adult Book Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2003 | WINNER | AK,ID,MT,OR,WA; Canada-AB,BC | Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2002-03 | Nominated | California | California Young Reader Medal |
| Hope Was Here | 2002-03 | Nominated | Florida | Sunshine State Young Reader's Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2003-04 | Nominated | Georgia | Georgia Children's Book Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2002-03 | Nominated | Illinois | Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2004-05 | Nominated | Indiana | Young Hoosier Book Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2003-04 | Nominated | Iowa | Iowa Teen Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2002-03 | Nominated | Kansas | William Allen White Children's Book Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2001-02 | Nominated | Maine | Maine Student Book Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2003-04 | Nominated | Massachusetts | Massachusetts Children's Book Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2002 | WINNER | Michigan | Michigan Thumb's Up Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2004-05 | Nominated | Minnesota | Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2003 | Nominated | Nebraska | Golden Sower Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2004 | WINNER | New Jersey | M. Jerry Weiss NJ Reading Association Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2001 | New York, NY | New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age | |
| Hope Was Here | 2002-03 | Nominated | Oklahoma | Sequoyah Young Adult Book Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2002-03 | Nominated | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2001-02 | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania Reading List for Young Adult Readers | |
| Hope Was Here | 2002 | Nominated | Rhode Island | Teen Book Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2002-03 | Nominated | South Carolina | Young Adult Book Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2002-03 | Nominated | South Carolina | Junior Book Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2000 | South Dakota | Young Adult Reading Program (YARP) Reading List | |
| Hope Was Here | 2002-03 | Texas | Lone Star Reading List | |
| Hope Was Here | 2003 | Nominated | Utah | Beehive Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2001-02 | Nominated | Vermont | Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award |
| Hope Was Here | 2004 | Nominated | Wyoming | Indian Paintbrush Award |
| Rules of the Road | 2001 | Nominated | AK,ID,MT,OR,WA; Canada-AB,BC | Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award |
| Rules of the Road | 2002 | Nominated | Arizona | Arizona Young Readers' Award |
| Rules of the Road | 2001-02 | Nominated | California | California Young Reader Medal |
| Rules of the Road | 2002 | Nominated | Colorado | Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award |
| Rules of the Road | 2001-02 | Nominated | Georgia | Georgia Children's Book Award |
| Rules of the Road | 2000-01 | Nominated | Illinois | Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award |
| Rules of the Road | 2000-01 | Nominated | Indiana | Young Hoosier Book Award |
| Rules of the Road | 1999-2000 | Nominated | Maine | Maine Student Book Award |
| Rules of the Road | 2000-01 | Nominated | Maryland | Black-Eyed Susan Award |
| Rules of the Road | 2002-03 | Nominated | Minnesota | Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award |
| Rules of the Road | 2001 | Nominated | Nebraska | Golden Sower Award |
| Rules of the Road | 2001 | Nominated | New Jersey | Garden State Teen Book Award |
| Rules of the Road | 1998 | New York, NY | New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age | |
| Rules of the Road | 2000-01 | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania Reading List for Young Adult Readers | |
| Rules of the Road | 2000-01 | Nominated | South Carolina | Junior Book Award |
| Rules of the Road | 2000-01 | Nominated | South Carolina | Young Adult Book Award |
| Rules of the Road | 2000-01 | Nominated | Tennessee | Volunteer State Book Award |
| Rules of the Road | 1999-2000 | Texas | Lonestar Reading List | |
| Rules of the Road | 2000 | Nominated | Utah | Beehive Award |
| Rules of the Road | 1999-2000 | Nominated | Vermont | Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award |
| Rules of the Road | 2001 | Nominated | Washington | Evergreen Young Adult Book Award |
| Rules of the Road | 2002 | Nominated | Wyoming | Soaring Eagle Book Award |
| Squashed | 1995-96 | Nominated | Illinois | Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award |
| Squashed | 1994-95 | Nominated | Indiana | Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award |
| Squashed | 1995-96 | Nominated | Iowa | Iowa Teen Award |
| Squashed | 1993-94 | Nominated | Maine | Maine Student Book Award |
| Squashed | 1995 | Nominated | Missouri | Mark Twain Award |
| Squashed | 1994-95 | Nominated | New Hampshire | Great Stone Face Book Award |
| Squashed | 1993-94 | Nominated | New Hampshire | Great Stone Face Book Award |
| Squashed | 1995 | Nominated | New Jersey | Garden State Teen Book Award |
| Squashed | 1994 | New York, NY | New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age | |
| Squashed | 1994-95 | Nominated | Oklahoma | Sequoyah Young Adult Book Award |
| Squashed | 1995-96 | Nominated | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award |
| Squashed | 1994-95 | Nominated | South Carolina | Junior Book Award |
| Squashed | 1996 | South Dakota | Young Adult Reading Program (YARP) Reading List | |
| Squashed | 1994-95 | Nominated | Tennessee | Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award |
| Squashed | 1994-95 | Texas | Texas Lonestar Reading Linst | |
| Squashed | 1996 | Nominated | Utah | Beehive Award |
| Stand Tall | 2005-06 | Nominated | California | California Young Reader Medal |
| Stand Tall | 2004-05 | Nominated | Florida | Sunshine State Young Reader's Award |
| Stand Tall | 2004-05 | Nominated | Illinois | Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award |
| Stand Tall | 2004-05 | Nominated | Kansas | William Allen White Children's Book Award |
| Stand Tall | 2005 | Nominated | Louisiana | Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award |
| Stand Tall | 2003-04 | Nominated | Maine | Maine Student Book Award |
| Stand Tall | 2004-05 | Nominated | Maryland | Black-Eyed Susan Award |
| Stand Tall | 2004-05 | Nominated | Missouri | Mark Twain Award |
| Stand Tall | 2004-05 | Nominated | Nebraska | Golden Sower Award |
| Stand Tall | 2004-05 | Nominated | New Hampshire | Great Stone Face Book Award |
| Stand Tall | 2004-05 | Nominated | New Mexico | Land of Enchantment Book Award |
| Stand Tall | 2003 | New York, NY | New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age | |
| Stand Tall | 2005 | Nominated | Oklahoma | Sequoyah Children's Book Award |
| Stand Tall | 2004-05 | Nominated | South Carolina | Junior Book Award |
| Sticks | 1997-98 | Nominated | Florida | Sunshine State Young Reader's Award |
| Sticks | 1998-99 | Nominated | Indiana | Young Hoosier Book Award |
| Sticks | 2000 | Nominated | Maryland | Maryland Children's Book Award |
| Sticks | 1998-99 | Nominated | Missouri | Mark Twain Award |
| Sticks | 2000 | Nominated | Nevada | Nevada Young Readers' Award |
| Sticks | 1998-99 | Nominated | Oklahoma | Sequoyah Children's Book Award |
| Sticks | 1998 | Nominated | Rhode Island | Children's Book Award |
| Sticks | 1998-99 | Nominated | South Carolina | Junior Book Award |
| Sticks | 1998-99 | Nominated | West Virginia | West Virginia Children's Book Award |
| Thwonk | 1997-98 | Nominated | California | California Young Reader Medal |
| Thwonk | 1996-97 | Nominated | Indiana | Young Hoosier Book Award |
| Thwonk | 1998-99 | Nominated | Iowa | Iowa Teen Award |
| Thwonk | 1996 | New York, NY | New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age | |
| Thwonk | 1997-98 | Nominated | South Carolina | Junior Book Award |
| Thwonk | 1996-97 | Texas | TAYSHAS Readling List | |
| Thwonk | 1998 | Nominated | Utah | Beehive Award |