Arizona

• Grand Canyon Reader Award, 2026 -- Tween Recommended List

Arkansas

• Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, 2025-2026, Grades 4-6

California

• CDE Recommended List 2022-2025, Cumulative
• CDE Recommended List 2024
• CDE Recommended List 2024, Grades 3-5
• California Young Reader Medal, 2025-2026, Intermediate Division, Grades 3-6

Connecticut

• Nutmeg Book Award, 2027, Intermediate List, Grades 4-6

District of Columbia

• Capitol Choices, 2024, Ages 10-14

Georgia

• Jr. Tome It List, 2024-2025, for Grades 6-8

Idaho

• Idaho Battle of the Books, Middle School/Junior High, 2024-2025

Illinois

• Illinois Reads, 2025, 6-8
• Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award, 2027, Grades 4-8

Indiana

• Young Hoosier Book Award, 2025-2026, Middle Grade Books

Iowa

• Iowa Children's Choice Award, 2025-2026, Grades 3-6

Louisiana

• Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award, 2025-2026, Grades 6-8

Maine

• Maine Student Book Award, 2024-2025

Maryland

• Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2025-2026, Grades 6-8

Michigan

• Great Lakes Great Books Award, 2024-2025, Grades 6-8
• MISelf in Books, 2023, Middle School
• MISelf in Books, 2023, Upper Elementary
• MISelf in Books, 2024, Middle School

Minnesota

• Maud Hart Lovelace Award, 2026, Division II, Grades 6-8

Missouri

• Best New Books for Missouri Students, 2024, Middle School
• Truman Readers Award, 2025-2026, Grades 6-8

Nebraska

• Golden Sower Award, Meadowlark (Novel), 2025-2026, Grades 6-8

New Hampshire

• Great Stone Face Book Award, 2024-2025, Grades 4-6

New Mexico

• New Mexico Battle of the Books for Elementary Schools, 2024-2025, Grades 4-5

Oklahoma

• Sequoyah Book Awards, 2025 - Intermediate, for Grades 6-8

Pennsylvania

• Best of 2023, Grades K-12
• Keystone to Reading Book Award, 2024-2025 -- Middle School List
• Mountain Laurel Book Award, 2025-2026, Grades 6-8

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island Middle School Book Award, 2025, for Grades 6-8

South Carolina

• South Carolina Children's Book Award, 2025-2026, Grades 3-5

Tennessee

• Volunteer State Book Awards, 2024-2025 -- Intermediate Division, Grades 3-5
• Volunteer State Book Awards, 2024-2025 -- Middle School Division, Grades 6-8

Texas

• Lone Star Reading List, 2024, for Grades 6-8

Utah

• Beehive Award, 2025, Children's Fiction, Grades 3-6

Virginia

• Virginia Readers' Choice, 2026-2027, Middle School, Grades 6-8

Washington

• Evergreen Teen Book Award, 2025-2026, Middle School, Grades 6-8

Wyoming

• Indian Paintbrush Book Award, 2024-2025, Grades 4-6