The American Library Association has named all three verse novels Best Books for Young Adults, and Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.

- Chosen by the American Library Association (ALA) as a "2009 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers."

His book The Art of Optical Illusions placed first on the American Library Association's "Top 10 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers" list for 2001.

It was a 2007 Nevada Library nominee for Young Adult literature and American Library Association 2005 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.

Chosen an American Library Association Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (2002)

His second novel, Unleashed, was recognized by the Young Adult Library Services Association in its 2009 list of "Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers."

The Clique was selected as a "Quick Pick For Reluctant Young Adult Readers" by YALSA.

So You Want to Be a Wizard has won the "ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers" award.

It was an 'Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers' in 2003.

The print version of Skeleton Key was named as one of ALA's Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers for 2004.