Book Awards & Distinctions
for Deborah Wiles
40 Total Book Awards
Revolution (16)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2015

Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2024
Finalist, 2015

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2015

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2014

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Honor, 2015

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Fiction Winner, 2015

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Older Children Honor, 2015

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2014

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2015

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2015

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2014

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2014

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2015
Kent State (5)

Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2024
Finalist, 2021

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2021

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Audiobooks Selection, 2021

Odyssey Award, 2008-2025
Winner, 2021
Countdown (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2011

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2010

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2011

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Fiction Selection, 2010
Each Little Bird That Sings (4)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Fiction Honor, 2006

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2006

The Josette Frank Award, 1943-2025
Winner, 2006
Freedom Summer (4)

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
New Talent Winner, 2002

Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Winner, 2002

Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Winner, 2002
Anthem (2)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2020

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2020
Love, Ruby Lavender (2)
A Long Line of Cakes (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2018