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Awards & Nominations

Nominated 2008/2009 Great Stone Face Children’s Book Award
Nominated Vermont 2008/2009 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Mast List
Nominated American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults 2009
Nominated Anderson’s Bookahop 2008 Mock Newbery Award List
The Winter 2007/2008 Children's Book Sense Picks

Peak wins the National Outdoor Book Award!
Miami Herald Best Kid's Books for 2007.
Peak makes the 2008/2009 Texas Lone Star Reading List.
Booklist Editor's Choice, 2007
ALA 2008 Best books for Young Adults
ALA 2008 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
ALA 2008 Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults
New York Public Library's 2008 Books for the Teen Age List
Nominated, Maine Student Book Award 2008/2009
Nominated, Colorado Children's Book Award 2009
Nominated, North Carolina Children's Book Award 2009
Nominated, Sunshine State Young Readers Award 2008/2009
Mock Newberry Winner
Nominated Stillwater Library Mock Newbery List
Twelve Corners Middle School Mock Newbery Honor

Jack's Run
2007-2008 Mark Twain List
2006-2007 Soaring Eagle Book Award, Nominee
2006 New York Public Library, Books for the Teen Age

 

Cryptid Hunters
Cryptid Hunters makes the 2008 Nene recommended reading list of Hawaii!
2007-2008 South Carolina Junior Book Award
2007-2008 Mark Twain List
2006-2007 Texas Lone Star List
2007 Colorado Children's Book Award
2006-2007 Sunshine State Young Readers Award winner.
2007 Nevada Young Readers Award winner
2006-2007 Black-eyed Susan Award

Zach's Lie
· Minnesota, " Maud Hart Lovelace Award"
· Nevada Young Readers' Award, Winner
2003
· Black Eyed Susan, Nominated Books 2003-2004 
· The ALA choose Zach's Lie as a Quick Pick 2002
· Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee 2002
· Florida Sunshine State Young Reader Award Nominee 2002-2003
· Nebraska Golden Sower Nominees 2003-2004
· Illinois Rebecca Caudill Award Nominee 2004
· Missouri Mark Twain Book Award Winner 2003-2004
· Oregon Book Award Nominee 2002
· Young Hoosier Award Nominee 2003-2004
· Pacific Northwest 2004 Children's Book Award Nominee
· Winner Beacon of Freedom Award 2002, Williamsburg, Virginia
The Captain's Dog
· Washington Reads
· Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Children's Book Award for 1999 
· Parent's Choice Fiction Honor book for the year 2000
· North Dakota Flicker Tale Nominee 2002
· Indiana Young Hoosier Nominee 2002-2003
· Nebraska Golden Sower Nominee 2002-2003
· Washington Sasquatch Reading Award Nominee 2002 
Sasquatch
· Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Top 10 1999 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers List
· Bank Street College of Education's List of Best Children's Books of the Year 1999
· American Library Association (ALA) Top 10 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers List 1999
· California 2001 Young Readers' Medal Award Nominee
· Missouri 2001 Mark Twain Award Nominee
· Pacific Northwest 2001 Children's Book Award Nominee
· Utah 2001 Children's Book Award Nominee
· Wyoming's 2001 Indian Paintbrush Award Nominee
Jaguar
· WINNER 1999-2000 Nebraska Golden Sower Award  
· WINNER Florida 1999-2000 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
· 1999 Bank Street College of Education's list of Best Children's Books of the Year
· Young Adults Choice for 1999 by the International Reading Association
· Children's Book Council "Children's Choices for 1998" list of 101 titles
· Junior Library Guild Selection 1997
· Novel for the year The JASON Project
· Washington Sasquatch Book Award Nominee, 2000
· Alabama Children's Choice Nominee 1998-1999
· Missouri Mark Twain Award Nominee 1999-2000 
Thunder Cave
· Notable Children's Trade Book in the field of Social Studies in 1996
· Texas Lonestar Reading List 1997-1998
· Notable Books for a Global Society by the Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association 1996
· Wyoming's Indian Paintbrush Book Award Nominee 1999-2000
· Pennsylvania Children's Choice Awards Nominee 1999-2000
· Minnesota Maud Hart Lovelace Award Nominee 1999-2000
· North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award Nominee 1999
· Utah Children's Book Award Nominee 1998-1999
· New Mexico Land of Enchantment Book Award Nominee 1999-2000
· Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Nominee 1998
· Walt Morey Oregon Book Award Nominee 1996 
Sea Otter Rescue
· Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 1990
· 1990 Blue Ribbon Book by the Bulletin of the Center of Children's Books
· 1991 Pennsylvania Children's Choice Nominee
Journey of the Red Wolf
· Winner Walt Morey Oregon Book Award 1996
· 1997 Notable Science Trade Book for Children by the National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council
· 1997 Children's Choice list International Reading Association and Children's Book Council
Vultures
· 1999 Bank Street College of Education's list of Best Children's Books of the Year 
In The Forest With Elephants
· Pennsylvania Children's Choice Awards list for 1999-2000
· 1999 Bank Street College of Education's list of Best Children's Books of the Year

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