California

• California Reads Teacher Recommended Books 2020-2021, Grades PreK-12

Connecticut

• Nutmeg Book Award, 2023, Middle School List, for Grades 7-8

District of Columbia

• Capitol Choices, 2021, Ages 10-14

Florida

• Sunshine State Young Readers Award, 2021-2022, Elementary School, Grades 3-5

Georgia

• Georgia Children's Book Award, 2021-2022, for Grades 4-8
• Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl, 2021-2022, for Grades 6-8

Illinois

• Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award, 2023, for Grades 4-8

Indiana

• Young Hoosier Book Award, 2022-2023, Middle Grade Books for Grades 6-8

Kentucky

• Kentucky Bluegrass Award, 2022-2023 -- Grades 6-8

Maryland

• Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2022-2023, Grades 4-6

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts Children's Book Award, 2022-2023, Grades 4-6

Michigan

• Great Lakes Great Books Award, 2021-2022, Grades 6-8
• MISelf in Books, 2020, Middle School

Mississippi

• Magnolia Award, 2022, for Grades 6-8

Nebraska

• Golden Sower Award, 2021-2022 -- Novel, Grades 7-9

North Carolina

• NCSLMA Middle School Battle of the Books, 2022-2023, Grades 6-8

Oklahoma

• Sequoyah Book Awards, 2022 - Children's, for Grades 3-5
• Sequoyah Book Awards, 2022 - Intermediate, for Grades 6-8

Pennsylvania

• Keystone to Reading Book Award, 2021-2022 -- Middle School List
• Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, 2023-2024, Grades 6-8

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island Middle School Book Award, 2022, for Grades 6-8

South Carolina

• Junior Book Award, 2021-2022, Grades 6-8

South Dakota

• Young Adult Reading Program, 2021-2022 -- Middle School, Grades 6-8

Tennessee

• Volunteer State Book Awards, 2021-2022 -- Intermediate Division, Grades 3-5
• Volunteer State Book Awards, 2021-2022 -- Middle School Division, Grades 6-8

Texas

• Bluebonnet Award Nominees, 2021-2022, for Grades 3-6
• Lone Star Reading List, 2021, for Grades 6-8

Vermont

• Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, 2021-2022, Grades 4-8

Virginia

• Virginia Readers' Choice, 2022-2023, Middle School, Grades 6-8

Washington

• Evergreen Teen Book Award, 2022-2023, Grades 6-8

Wisconsin

• Battle of the Books, 2022 -- Middle Division for Grades 6-8