Honors

Awards
-Paterson Prize for Books for Young People- 2009
-Américas Award Commended Title- 2009
-Texas Institute of Letters Best Young Adult Book- 2008

Reading Lists
-CPS Battle of the Books Official Title- 2010
-Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance- 2009
-Recommended further reading in the Spring One Book, One Chicago program- 2009
-Recommended reading Florida Department of Education- 2009
-YA Top Forty, Pennsylvania School Librarians Association-2009
-Southwest Books of the Year- 2008
-Chicago Public Library Best of the Best- 2008
-ALAN’s Picks- July 2008
-Hispanic Magazine Summer Must Read – 2008
-Latinidad’s Best Middle Grade Book of the Year- 2008

Grants
-City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program- 2009
-City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program-2008