Awards & Acknowledgements

• The Boston Authors Club, The Julia Ward Howe Award, First Prize, 2003
• The New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice, 2008
• Booklist, Starred Review, 2008
• Publishers Weekly, Starred Review, 2008
• New York Post, Required Reading, 2008
• Scholastic,  Best Memoir, 2008
• The Bloomsbury Review,  Editor's Favorites, 2009
• The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), Notable Social Studies Trade Book, 2009
• International Reading Association (IRA), Children's & Young Adult's Book Award, 2009
• Cooperative Children’s Book Center, CCBC Choices List as a best-of-the-year book, 2009
• The Massachusetts Center for the Book, Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction,2009
• The House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Citation, 2009