Arizona

• 2013 Grand Canyon Reader Award -- Intermediate category

Hawaii

• 2012 Nene Award

Illinois

• Bluestem Award, 2014, for Grades 3-5

Kansas

• William Allen White Award, 2012-2013, Grades 3-5

Maryland

• 2011-2012 Black-Eyed Susan Book Award

New Hampshire

• 2011-2012 Cochecho Readers' Award, Grades 3-4
• 2011-2012 Great Stone Face Award, Grades 4-6

New Jersey

• Garden State Children's Book Awards, 2013 -- Fiction

New York

• 2012 Charlotte Award, Intermediate Division

Pennsylvania

• 2011-2012 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award

Rhode Island

• 2012 Rhode Island Children's Book Award

Tennessee

• Volunteer State Book Awards, 2012-2013 -- Intermediate Division

Utah

• 2012 Beehive Award, Children's Fiction Books

Virginia

• Virginia Readers' Choice, 2012-2013, Elementary