Book Awards & Distinctions
for Alan Gratz
31 Total Book Awards
Refugee (12)

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2018

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2017

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Honor, 2018

Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2017

National Jewish Book Awards, 1952-2024
Young Adult Winner, 2017

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2018

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2017

Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2025
Winner, 2018

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2018
Prisoner B-3087 (5)

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
World History & Culture Selection, 2014

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2014
Grenade (4)

Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2019

Freeman Book Awards, 2016-2024
Winner, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Audiobooks Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Audiobooks Selection, 2019
Two Degrees (4)

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2024
Winner, 2023

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
High Interest Selection, 2023

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2023

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2023
Allies (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
High Interest Selection, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Geography, People, Places Selection, 2020
Captain America: The Ghost Army (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
High Interest Selection, 2023
Code of Honor (1)
Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor (1)
Samurai Shortstop (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007