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or 646-919-0440
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Awards and Honors for the book
2018 Nominated for the Georgia Children’s Book Award
2016 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
2016 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winner, Older Children
2016 Amelia Bloomer List, Middle Grade–Nonfiction
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2015, Teen
Booklist Best Young Adult Books of 2015
Booklist Editor’s Choice 2015, Nonfiction, Older Readers
Bulletin Blue Ribbon 2015, Nonfiction
ALA Notable Books for Children 2016, Older Readers
Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2015, Informational Books for Older Readers
2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 6–8
2016 CCBC Choices–Historical People, Places, and Events
2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Young Adult Nonfiction