Book Awards & Distinctions
for Jack Gantos
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 29 Total Book Awards
Dead End in Norvelt (7)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2012

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2012

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2011

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Winner, 2012

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2012

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Fiction Selection, 2011

Scott O'Dell Award, 1984-2025
Winner, 2012
Hole in My Life (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2003

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2002

Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2003
Joey Pigza Loses Control (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2001

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 2001

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2000
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1999

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza (3)

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2014
From Norvelt to Nowhere (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2013

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Fiction Selection, 2013
The Trouble in Me (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2015

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2015
Writing Radar: Using Your Journal to Snoop Out and Craft Great Stories (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2017

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2018
The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007
What Would Joey Do? (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003