Awards

• Booklist - Top 10 First Novels of 1999

• amazon.com - Top 10 Teen Book of 1999 / Editor's Pick

• National Book Award Finalist

• Alloy.com - Book of the Month

• Parents' Guide to Children's Media - Award for Outstanding Achievement.

• The Horn Book's - Honor List.

• Bookreporter.com Top 10 Teen Books of 1999.

• School Library Journal - Best Book of the Year.

• New England Children's Booksellers Association - Fall Pick

• Junior Library Guild Selection Book

State

•2005 New York Reads Together book

• Black-Eyed Susan Book Award nominee (Maryland)

• California Young Reader Medal nominee

• Carolyn W. Field Award (Pennsylvania)

• Evergreen Young Adult Book Award (Washington)

• Garden State Teen Book Award (New Jersey)

• Heartland Award (Kansas)

• Iowa Teen Book Award nominee

• Kentucky Bluegrass Award

• Rhode Island Teen Book Award nominee

• South Carolina Young Adult Book Award

• Volunteer State Young Adult Book Award (Tennessee)

Bookseller and Media Recognition

• Booklist Editors’ Choice

• School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

• Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Book

• Fanfare, The Horn Book’s Honor List

• Los Angeles Times Award finalist

• Publishers Weekly Bestseller