Book Awards & Distinctions
for Alan Gratz
28 Total Book Awards
Refugee (11)

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2023
Selection, 2018

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2022
Selection, 2017

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2024
Honor, 2018

Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2023
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Middle Selection, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Middle Selection, 2017

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2018

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2023
Middle Grade Selection, 2017

Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2023
Winner, 2018

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2023
Selection, 2018
Prisoner B-3087 (5)

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2023
Selection, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
History Selection, 2013

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
World History & Culture Selection, 2014

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2023
Multicultural and International Honor, 2014
Grenade (4)

Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2023
Selection, 2019

Freeman Book Awards, 2016-2022
Winner, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Audiobooks Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Audiobooks Selection, 2019
Two Degrees (4)

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2023
Winner, 2023

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
High Interest Selection, 2023

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2023

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2023
Selection, 2023
Allies (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
High Interest Selection, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Geography, People, Places Selection, 2020
Code of Honor (1)
Samurai Shortstop (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007