Alaska

• Battle of the Books, 2016-2017, Grades 5-6

Arizona

• Grand Canyon Reader Award, 2018 -- Intermediate category
• Grand Canyon Reader Award, 2019 -- Intermediate category

Arkansas

• Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, 2017-2018, Grades 4-6

Georgia

• Georgia Children's Book Award, 2016-2017, for Grades 4-8
• Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl, 2016-2017, for Grades 4-6
• Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl, 2016-2017, for Grades 6-8

Illinois

• Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award, 2017, for Grades 4-8

Indiana

• 2017 AISLE Read Alouds-Too-Good-to-Miss, Middle Grade List
• Previous Read Aloud Indiana, 2017
• Read Aloud Indiana Book Award, 1990-2023
• Young Hoosier Book Award, 2016-2017, Middle Grade Books for Grades 6-8

Iowa

• Iowa Children's Choice Award, 2017-2018, Grades 3-6
• Iowa Elementary Battle of the Books, 2016, Grades K-5
• Southwest Iowa Middle School Battle of the Books, 2017-2018, Grades 7-8

Kansas

• William Allen White Award, 2017-2018, Grades 6-8

Kentucky

• Kentucky Bluegrass Award, 2017-2018 -- Grades 6-8

Maryland

• Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2016-2017, Grades 4-6

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts Children's Book Award, 2017-2018, Grades 4-6

Michigan

• Great Lakes Great Books Award, 2016-2017, Grades 4-5

Nebraska

• Golden Sower Award, 2016-2017 -- Intermediate, Grades 4-6

North Carolina

• NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books, 2015-2016, Grades 3-5
• NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books, 2018-2019, Grades 3-5
• NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books, 2021-2022, Grades 3-5
• NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books, 2024-2025, Grades 3-5
• North Carolina Children's Book Award, 2017 - Junior Books for Grades 2-5

Oklahoma

• Sequoyah Book Awards, 2018 -- Children's, for Grades 3-5

Oregon

• Oregon Battle of the Books, 2016-2017, Grades 6-8
• Oregon Reader's Choice Award, 2018 -- Upper Elementary Division, Grades 3-5

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, 2016-2017, Grades 3-6

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island Children's Book Award, 2017, for Grades 3-6

South Carolina

• Children's Book Award, 2016-2017, Grades 3-5

Vermont

• Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, 2016-2017, Grades 4-8

Washington

• Sasquatch Reading Award, 2018, Grades 3-6

Wisconsin

• 2016-2017 Read On Wisconsin Book Club, Grades 3-5
• 2016-2017 Read On Wisconsin Book Club, Grades PK-12
• Battle of the Books, 2017-2018 -- Middle Division for Grades 6-8