Nominated for National Book Award, Nominated for National Jewish Book Council Award for a Debut Novel, Nominated for Pushcart Prize, Nominated for Virginia Commonwealth Prize for Literature, Pending: Indiefab/LIterature, Pending: PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction, Pending: Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, and Prizes Pending: IPPY Independent Publisher Book Award
Benjamin Franklin Award, Beverly Hills Book Awards, Holiday Book Festival Award, Indie Fab Book of the Year, London Book Festival, New England Book Festival, Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, and USA Best Book Awards
Back to Homeschool Resource Award, Honorable Mention/Children's Books: Los Angeles Book Festival, NABE Pinnacle Award 2015, National Indie Excellence Finalist 2016: Children's Non-Fiction, and Shelf Unbound Award 2015 - Best Series