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The Carter G. Woodson Book
Award National Council for the Social Studies Honored as the most distinguished social science book for young readers that depicts ethnicity in the United States |
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The Legacy Book Award Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented Honored for exhibiting excellent promise and long term potential for improving the lives of gifted children and youth |
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The Benjamin Franklin Award Best New Voice - Children's Honored for literary merit, excellence in publishing, and most successfully meeting the needs of children and young adults |
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The Rising Star Award Publishers Weekly/Publishers Marketing Association Honored as the best independently published book of the year |
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The Skipping Stones Honor Award Honored for fostering ethnic diversity, intercultural and global relationships, and for building bridges of communication, understanding, social justice and peace |
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Kiriyama Prize Notable Book Recognized for contributing to a greater understanding and cooperation among the peoples and nations of the Pacific Rim and South Asia |
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International Reading Association Notable
Book For newly published authors who show unusual promise in the field of children's literature and whose books encourage reading and literacy |
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Book of the Year Award Finalist Foreword Magazine |