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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