Alaska

• Battle of the Books, 2023-2024, Grades 5-6

California

• California Young Reader Medal, 2014-2015, Intermediate Division

Connecticut

• Nutmeg Book Award, 2015, Intermediate List, for Grades 4-6

Florida

• Sunshine State Young Readers Award, 2012-2013, Grades 3-5

Georgia

• Georgia Children's Book Award, 2013-2014
• Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl, 2013-2014, for Grades 4-8

Hawaii

• Nēnē Award, 2014, for Grades 4-6

Illinois

• Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award, 2015, for Grades 4-8

Indiana

• AISLE Read Alouds-Too-Good-to-Miss, Middle Grades List
• Previous Read Aloud Indiana, 2015
• Read Aloud Indiana Book Award, 1990-2023

Iowa

• Iowa Elementary Battle of the Books, 2015, Grades K-5

Kansas

• William Allen White Award, 2013-2014, Grades 3-5

Nebraska

• Golden Sower Award, 2014-2015 -- Intermediate Book category

New Hampshire

• Great Stone Face Award, 2012-2013, Grades 4-6

North Carolina

• NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books, 2013-2014
• NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books, 2016-2017, Grades 3-5
• NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books, 2019-2020, Grades 3-5

Oklahoma

• Sequoyah Book Awards, 2014 -- Children's

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, 2012-2013, Grades 3-6

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island Children's Book Award, 2014, Grades 3-6

South Carolina

• Battle of the Books, Independent Schools, Elementary School List, 2024-2025
• Battle of the Books, Independent Schools, Lower School List, 2021-2022

South Dakota

• Prairie Pasque Award, 2013-2014, Grades 3-5

Tennessee

• Volunteer State Book Awards, 2014-2015 -- Intermediate Division, Grades 3-5

Utah

• Beehive Award, 2013-2014, Children's Fiction, Grades 3-6

Virginia

• Virginia Readers' Choice, 2014-2015, Elementary, Grades 3-5