Book Awards & Distinctions
for Laurie Halse Anderson
5 Lifetime Achievement Awards 54 Total Book Awards
Shout (10)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2019

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

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2019

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2020

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2019

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2020

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2019

Young Adult Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2020
The Impossible Knife of Memory (9)

Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2024
Finalist, 2015

American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2024
High School Selection, 2014

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2014

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2014

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2014

Young Adult Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2015
Speak: The Graphic Novel (7)

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Graphic Novels Selection, 2018

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2019

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2018

YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023
Winner, 2019

Young Adult Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2019
Ashes (5)

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2017

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2017

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2016

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2017
Speak (5)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Fiction Winner, 2000

Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2000
Chains (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2009

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2009

Scott O'Dell Award, 1984-2025
Winner, 2009
Forge (3)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2010
Wintergirls (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Honor, 2010

YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023
Winner, 2010
Heroes & Villains (2)

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

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Audiobooks Selection, 2017
Twisted (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008

YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023
Winner, 2008
Catalyst (1)
Fever 1793 (1)
Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving (1)
Trapped (1)

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Ecology & Nature Honor, 2002