May 2016 - A Hero short-listed for Stanford University Libraries 2016 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing.
2015 - 38th Atlantic Writing Competition, short-listed for the Young Adult Novel Prize for A Rocking Chair
May 2014
Atlantic Book Awards' Margaret and John Savage First Book Award for Turn Us Again
Atlantic Book Awards' Margaret and John Savage First Book Award for Turn Us Again
September 2012
Beacon Award for Social Justice for Turn Us Again
Beacon Award for Social Justice for Turn Us Again
2011 - 34th Atlantic Writing Competition, The H.R. (Bill) Percy Novel Prize for Turn Us Again
2005 - 28th Atlantic Writing Competition, Honorable Mention for Unlike the Great Majority