Writing Awards and Honors
♦A Junior Library Guild selection
♦Honorable Mention, Grateful American Book Award
♦Named by the New York Public Libraries one of the best new graphic books for adults.
Girl From The Tar Paper School:
♦Jane Addams Peace Association, Children’s Book Award for Older Readers, 2015
♦Carter G. Woodson Middle-Grade Level Book Award, 2015
♦California Reading Association Eureka Silver Honor Book Award
♦Included on the 2015 list of Notable Social Studies Trade Books for young readers compiled by the National Council for Social Studies
♦Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (National Association of Teachers of English), Recommended Book
♦Included in the New York Public Library’s list of 100 children’s books to read in 2014.
♦A Junior Library Guild selection
Guilty? Crime, Punishment, and the Changing Face of Justice
♦Junior Library Guild selection
♦Sidney Taylor Book Awards, Notable book of 2001
♦Lilith Magazine’s 5th Annual Selection of Books for Young Readers
♦Included in Great Books for Girls, by Kathleen Odean
♦Included in Best Jewish Books for Children and Teens, by Linda R. Silver