winner of the Tennessee Volunteer State Teen Read Award (2006)

winner of the Iowa Golden Apple Teen Read Award (2006)

winner of the Rhode Island Teen Book Award (2005 -2006)

winner of the New Hampshire Isinglass Teen Read Award (2005-2006)

winner of the 2004 Cuffie Award from Publisher’s Weekly for the Best Book Title of the Year

chosen a Popular Paperback for Young Adults by the American Library Association

named an International Reading Association Young Adults’ Choice (2006)

named a 2005 Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association

named a 2005 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers by the American Library Association

nominated by the American Library Association to be a 2004 Teens’ Top Ten Book

named an Honor Book by the Society of School Librarians International (2004)

chosen a Kliatt Editor’s Choice: Best of 2004 Hardcover Fiction

chosen a Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Teen Book List (2004)

chosen a New York Pubic Library Book for the Teen Age (2005)

chosen for the New York State Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List  2006

chosen a Westchester’s Choice List: Best Young Adult Book (2005)

chosen for the Texas Tayshas High School Reading List 2005-2006

chosen a YASIG Best of the Best (Missouri)

chosen a Kansas State Reading Circle Senior High School Titles Top Pick  2005

chosen a Pennsylvania School Librarian Association (PSLA) "Top Ten (Or So)" Young Adult Books  2004

chosen a PSLA Young Adult Top 40 Fiction List 2004

chosen an Amazon.com Top Ten Editor’s Pick for Teens (2004)

chosen a Top Ten Summer Read by Girl’s Life Magazine (2004)

nominated for the following state book awards:

Arizona Young Reader's Award (2005 – 2006)

South Carolina Young Adult Book Award (2004-2005 and 2006-2007)

Florida Teen Reads Award (2006-2007)

Maine Student Book Award (2005 – 2006)

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (2005 – 2006)

Missouri Gateway Readers Award (2006-2007)

Eliot Rosewater High School Book Award (IN) (2006 -2007)

Garden State Teen Book Award (NJ) (2007)