Award-Winning Books
The River Between Us - 2003
National Book Awards (Nominee)
Publisher's Weekly Best Children's Books
Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
ALA Notable Books for Children
Los Angeles Times Book Prizes (Nominee)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee)
Great Lakes Book Awards (Nominee)
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (Nominee)
Fair Weather � 2001
Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books (Nominee)
New York Times Notable Books of the Year
School Library Journel Best Books of the Year
Great Lakes Book Awards
Great Stone Face Children's Book Award (Nominee)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee)
Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee)
Judy Lopez Memorial Award (Nominee)
ABC Children's Booksellers Choices Award
Children's Book Award - Colorado (Nominee)
Bluebonnet Award (Nominee)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee)
Arizona Young Reader's Award (Nominee)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee)
Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (Nominee)
A Year Down Yonder - 2000
Newbery Medal
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
ALA Notable Books for Children
Bluegrass Award (Nominee)
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (Nominee)
Maine Student Book Award (Nominee)
Nene Award (Nominee)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee)
Mark Twain Award (Nominee)
Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (Nominee)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee)
Arizona Young Reader's Award (Nominee)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee)
Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award (Nominee)
ABC Children's Booksellers Choices Awards
Land of Enchantment Book Award (Nominee)
Bestseller Lists
Booksense
New York Times
Publishers Weekly
A Long Way From Chicago:
A Novel in Stories - 1998
National Book Awards (Nominee)
ALA Notable Books for Children
Mark Twain Award (Nominee)
Newbery Medal (Nominee)
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (Nominee)
Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee)
Beehive Young Adults' Book Award
SCASL Book Award - South Carolina (Nominee)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee)
Golden Archer Award - Wisconsin (Nominee)
Golden Sower Award (Nominee)
Land of Enchantment Book Award (Nominee)
Maine Student Book Award (Nominee)
Prairie Pasque Award (Nominee)
Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (Nominee)
Wm. Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee)
Nutmeg Children's Book Award (Nominee)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Book Award (Nominee)
Bluegrass Award (Nominee)
Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (Nominee)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee)
Bestseller Lists
Amazon.com
Booksense
New York Times
Publishers Weekly
Strays Like Us - 1998
Mark Twain Award (Nominee)
Golden Sower Award (Nominee)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee)
Land of Enchantment Book Award (Nominee)
Lost in Cyberspace - 1995
Mark Twain Award (Nominee)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Book Award (Nominee)
Nevada Young Readers Award (Nominee)
Great Stone Face Children's Book Award (Nominee)
Remembering the Good Times - 1986
ALA Notable Book
School Library Journal's Best Books of the Year
ALA Best Books for Young Adults
Close Enough to Touch - 1981
New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
ALA Best Books for Young Adults
School Library Journal's Best Books for Young Adults
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award (nominee)
Father Figure - 1978
School Library Journal Best of the Best 1996-1978 List
Ghosts I Have Been - 1977
Mark Twain Award (Nominee)
School Library Journal's Best Books of the Year
New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year
New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
Are You in the House Alone - 1976
Edgar Allan Poe Award
ALA Best Books of the Year
School Library Journal's Best Books of the Year
New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
ALA's Young Adult Services Best of the Best Books
The Ghost Belonged to Me - 1975
Friends of American Writers Award
Mark Twain Award (Nominee)
Dreamland Lake - 1973
Edgar Allan Poe Award (Nominee)
School Library Journal Best of the Best 1966-1978 List
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