Awards
School Library Journal Best Book
- Product: Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2009
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2009
SSLI Book Award Honor Book
- Product: A Savanna Food Chain: A Who-Eats-What Adventure in Africa
- Achievement: Commended
- Year: 2009
SSLI Book Award Honor Book
- Product: Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
- Achievement: Commended
- Year: 2009
Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor
- Product: Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim: A Passover Story
- Achievement: Runner-up
- Year: 2009
Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor
- Product: Benjamin and the Silver Goblet
- Achievement: Runner-up
- Year: 2009
Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable
- Product: Sukkot Treasure Hunt
- Achievement: Commended
- Year: 2009
Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable
- Product: Menorah Under the Sea
- Achievement: Commended
- Year: 2009
Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable
- Product: The Secret Shofar of Barcelona
- Achievement: Commended
- Year: 2009
Tayshas Reading List
- Product: Wish You Were Dead
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2009
Tayshas Reading List
- Product: Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2009
Tayshas Reading List
- Product: Candor
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2009
Texas Library Association Lone Star Reading List
- Product: Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2009
Truman Readers Award Nominee
- Product: Invisible Lines
- Achievement: Nominated
- Year: 2009
Western Writers of America Spur Awards Finalist
- Product: Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal
- Achievement: Commended
- Year: 2009
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist
- Product: Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
- Achievement: Commended
- Year: 2009
YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
- Product: Wish You Were Dead
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2009
YALSA Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults
- Product: Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2009
Arizona Book Awards Glyph Award
- Product: Gila Monsters
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2008
Book Links Best New Books for the Classroom
- Product: A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2008
Book Links Lasting Connection
- Product: The Vowel Family: A Tale of Lost Letters
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2008
California Collection
- Product: Electric Eels
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2008
Carter G. Woodson Book Award Honor
- Product: A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero
- Achievement: Commended
- Year: 2008
CBC Children's Choices
- Product: Real-Life Sea Monsters
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2008