Awards

Flying Blind

Oklahoma Book Award, Finalist 2004
Kansas National Education Association, 2003

Tulsa Burning

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, 2004-05
Society of School Librarians International Book Award, Honor Book, 2003
Missouri Reading Circle 2003
Pennsylvania School Librarians Association Young Adult Top Forty List, 2002
New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age 2003
Kansas State Reading Circle 2003-04
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2003

Stolen By The Sea

Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award, Master List, 2003-04
Oklahoma Book Award, Finalist, 2002

When The Bough Breaks

New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age, 2001
Oklahoma Book Award, Finalist, 2001
Pennsylvania School Librarian's Association Young Adult Top Forty List 2000
Society of School Librarians International Book Award (Honor Book), 2001-02

Captain's Command

Sequoyah Children's Book Award, Masterlist, 2001-02
South Carolina Children's Book Award, Masterlist, 2002-02

Ethan Between Us

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 1999
Gamma State Author's Award, 2000
Oklahoma Book Award, Finalist, 1999
Society of School Librarians International Book Award (Honor Book), 1999-2000

The Keeping Room

Bank Street College, Children's Books of the Year, 1998
Maine Student Book Award, Masterlist, 1998-99
Oklahoma Book Award, Finalist, 1998
Sequoyah Children's Book Award, Masterlist,1999-2000
South Carolina Children's Book Award, Masterlist, 1998-99

Spotting The Leopard

Oklahoma Book Award, Finalist, 1998
Sequoyah Children's Book Award, Masterlist, 1998-99
South Carolina Children's Book Award, Masterlist, 1998-99

Fire In The Hills

Oklahoma Book Award, Finalist, 1997
Parents' Choice Award, 1996

Graveyard Girl

American Bookseller's "Pick of the Lists," 1995
Gamma State Author's Award, 1997
Oklahoma Book Award, 1995
Sequoyah Children's Book Award, Masterlist, 1997-98
Young Hoosier Book Award, Masterlist, 1998-99

Red Dirt Jessie

Oklahoma Book Award, 1993