Arizona

• 2012 Grand Canyon Reader Award – Intermediate category

Arkansas

• 2011-2012 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award

Connecticut

• 2012 Nutmeg Book Award – Intermediate List

Delaware

• 2010-11 Delaware Diamonds Award

Florida

• 2011-2012 Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award

Georgia

• 2011-2012 Georgia Children's Book Award

Illinois

• 2012 Bluestem Award
• 2012 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award

Iowa

• 2011-2012 Iowa Children's Choice Award

Kansas

• 2011-2012 William Allen White Award

Kentucky

• 2011 Kentucky Bluegrass Award, Upper Elementary

Louisiana

• 2012 Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Award

Maryland

• 2010-11 Black-Eyed Susan Book Award

Minnesota

• Maud Hart Lovelace Award, 2012-2013, Division I

Nebraska

• 2011-2012 Golden Sower Award—Intermediate category

New Mexico

• 2011-2012 Land of Enchantment Book Award—Children's Book Division
• New Mexico Battle of the Books for Elementary Schools, 2015, Grades 4-5

North Carolina

• 2011-2012 NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books
• NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books, 2014-2015
• NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books, 2017-2018, Grades 3-5

Oklahoma

• 2012 Sequoyah Book Awards—Children's

Pennsylvania

• 2010 KSRA Young Adult Book Award – Middle School List

South Carolina

• 2011-2012 SCASL Children's Book Awards

Tennessee

• 2011-2012 Volunteer State Book Awards—Intermediate Division

Utah

• 2011 Beehive Award, Children's Fiction Books

West Virginia

• 2011-2012 West Virginia Children's Choice Book Awards, Grades 3-6

Wisconsin

• Battle of the Books, 2012-2013 -- Elementary Division

Wyoming

• 2011-2012 Indian Paintbrush Book Award