(Selected List)
- Best of the Best Books for the 21st Century, American Library Association
- Miller Lite Women’s Sports Journalism Award, Women’s Sport Foundation
- PW’S Best Book, Publishers Weekly
- Book of the Month Club Selection
- Editors’ Choice, Booklist
- Best Book, School Library Journal
- Best Book for Young Adults, Top Ten List, American Library Association
- Notable Book for Children, American Library Association
- Recommended Book for Reluctant Readers, American Library Association
- Teachers’ Choice, International Reading Association
- Young Readers Choice, International Reading Association
- Orbis Pictus Honor Award for Outstanding Nonfiction, National Council of Teachers
of English - Best Book, Bulletin for the Center of Children’s Books
- Best Children’s Book of the Year, Bank Street College of Education
- Notable Trade Book, Council for the Social Studies/Children’s Book Council
- First Place, Bookbinders Guild Award, New York Book Show
- Children’s Book of the Year, Child Study Association
- Books for the Teen Age List, New York Public Library
- Best of the Best List, Chicago Public Library
- Los Angeles’ 100 Best Books
- Honor Book, Society of School Librarians International
- Junior Library Guild Selection
- Honored by the women of the New Jersey State Legislature for books and public appearances that have “contributed to the advancement of women.”
- Honored by the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, as a “Woman of Achievement.”
