Awards
Flying Blind
Oklahoma Book Award, Finalist 2004Kansas National Education Association, 2003
Tulsa Burning
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, 2004-05Society 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, 2003-04Oklahoma Book Award, Finalist, 2002
When The Bough Breaks
New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age, 2001Oklahoma 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, 2001-02South Carolina Children's Book Award, Masterlist, 2002-02
Ethan Between Us
ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 1999Gamma 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, 1998Maine 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, 1998Sequoyah Children's Book Award, Masterlist, 1998-99
South Carolina Children's Book Award, Masterlist, 1998-99
Fire In The Hills
Oklahoma Book Award, Finalist, 1997Parents' Choice Award, 1996
Graveyard Girl
American Bookseller's "Pick of the Lists," 1995Gamma State Author's Award, 1997
Oklahoma Book Award, 1995
Sequoyah Children's Book Award, Masterlist, 1997-98
Young Hoosier Book Award, Masterlist, 1998-99