Winner, Governor's Literary Award for The Unlikely Hero of Room 13b, 2013
Finalist, OLA White Pine Award for The Taming, 2012
Nominated, CYBIL Fiction Award for Beyond Blonde, 2011
Nominated, Information book Award, Children's Roundtable for Piece By Piece, 2011
Finalist, Young Adult Book of the Year, Canadian Library Association for Better Than Blonde, 2008
Canadian Children's Book Center Starred Our Choice Award for Better Than Blonde, 2008
OLA Best Bets for Better Than Blonde, 2007
Finalist, Young Adult Book of the Year, Canadian Library Association for Me and the Blondes, 2007
Finalist, Governor General's Award for Me and the Blondes, 2006
Finalist, OLA White Pine Award for Me and the Blondes, 2006
OLA Best Bets for Me and the Blondes, 2006
Finalist, the Amelia Francis Gibbons Award, Canadian Library Association for Bright Red Kisses, 2005
Canadian Children's Book Center Starred Our Choice Award for Bright Red Kisses, 2005
A Best Book for Young Adults, American Library Association for The Game, 2003
Children's Book of the Year, Alberta Book Publisher's Association for The Game, 2002
White Raven Citation, International Youth Library for The Game, 2002
Nominated for the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year for The Game, 2002
Finalist, Governor General's Award for The Game, 2001
Finalist, Ruth Schwartz Award for The Onlyhouse, 1996
Finalist, IODE Violet Downey Award for The Onlyhouse, 1996
Canadian Library Association Honour Book for The Onlyhouse, 1996