Awards
Bestseller � Amazon.com
Newbery Medal (winner)
Young Reader�s Choice Award (winner)
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (nominee)
Coretta Scott King Award (nominee)
Mark Twain Award (nominee)
Jane Addams Children�s Book Award (nominee)
National Book Award (nominee)
ALA Notable Children�s Book
Booklist�s Best of the Best Books 1970 � 1982
Horn Book Fanfare Honor List
Kirkus Choice
NSCS � CBC Notable Children�s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies