Book Awards & Distinctions
for John Coy
23 Total Book Awards
Strong to the Hoop (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2000

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2000
Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Sports Selection, 2015

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2016
My Mighty Journey: A Waterfall's Story (2)

American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2019

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
Their Great Gift: Courage, Sacrifice, and Hope in a New Land (2)

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2017
Two Old Potatoes and Me (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Honor, 2004
Where We Come from (2)
Crackback (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006
Dads (1)
Eyes on the Goal (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball (1)
Night Driving (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
Stokes: The Brief Career of the NBA's First Black Superstar (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Sports Selection, 2025
Take Your Best Shot (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
Top of the Order (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010