Alaska

• Battle of the Books, 2020-2021, Grades 5-6

Florida

• Classroom Connections: Sorry for Your Loss: Books about Grief

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

Hawaii

• Nēnē Award, 2020, for Grades 4-6

Indiana

• 2017 AISLE Read Alouds-Too-Good-to-Miss, Middle Grade List
• Previous Read Aloud Indiana, 2017
• Read Aloud Indiana Book Award, 1990-2023

Iowa

• Iowa Elementary Battle of the Books, 2017, Grades K-5
• Iowa Middle School Battle of the Books, 2019-2020, Grades 6-8
• Iowa Teen Award, 2019-2020, Grades 6-9

Maryland

• Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2016-2017, Grades 6-9

Minnesota

• Maud Hart Lovelace Award, 2018-2019, Division II, Grades 6-8

New Hampshire

• Isinglass Teen Read List, 2016-2017, Grades 7-8

New Jersey

• Garden State Teen Book Awards, 2018 -- Middle School Fiction for Grades 6-8

New Mexico

• Land of Enchantment Lizard Reading List, 2017-2018 for Grades 6-8

Pennsylvania

• KSRA Young Adult Book Award, 2016-2017 -- Middle School List

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island Teen Book Award, 2017, for Grades 7-12

Tennessee

• Volunteer State Book Awards, 2017-2018 -- Middle School Division, Grades 6-8

Vermont

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

Virginia

• Virginia Readers' Choice, 2017-2018, Middle School, Grades 6-8

Wyoming

• Indian Paintbrush Book Award, 2016-2017, Grades 4-6