Starred Reviews in Kirkus, BCCB, PW and SLJ

Amazon.com Best Middle Grade Book of 2011 (1 out of 10 selected)

NPR Back Seat Book Club – December 2011 pick

ALSC 2012 Notable Children’s Books – Nominated Title

SLJ Best Book of 2011 

PW Best Children’s Book of 2011 (Middle Grade)

Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books 2011 Blue Ribbon Book 

2011 Cybil’s Award Finalist

NYPL’s 2011 100 Books for Reading and Sharing

Goodreads 2011 Reader’s Choice Semi-Finalist

Betsy Bird’s 2012 Newbery List

Dozens of positive blog reviews/Mock Newbery lists

Winter 2011-2012 Indie Next Long List

Susan Bloom’s (Former head of children’s literature program at Simmons College): Holiday Talk of Books of Distinction 2011

2012 Capitol Choices List

2012 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best List – Fiction for Older Readers

Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices 2012 List

2012 NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the English Language Arts 

Bank Street Best Children’s Books 2012