Book Awards & Distinctions
for Frances O'Roark Dowell
23 Total Book Awards
Shooting the Moon (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009
Chicken Boy (2)
Sam the Man & the Chicken Plan (2)

Gryphon Award, 2004-2021
Honor, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2016
Sam the Man & the Rutabaga Plan (2)

Gryphon Award, 2004-2021
Honor, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2017
The Second Life of Abigail Walker (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2013

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Fiction Selection, 2012
Trouble the Water (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2017
Anybody Shining (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2014
The Class (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2020
Dovey Coe (1)
Hazard (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Hi-Lo Selection, 2022
The Kind of Friends We Used to Be (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
Sam the Man & the Cell Phone Plan (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2020
Sam the Man & the Dragon Van Plan (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2018
Sam the Man & the Secret Detective Club Plan (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2018
The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014