Oregon Book Award Finalist for Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer's Life, 2008.
Willa Literary Award Winner in Scholarly Nonfiction, Women Writing the West, for Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer's Life, 2008.
National Indie Excellence Book Award in Biography for Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer's Life, 2008.
Junior Library Guild Selection for On Her Way 2004.
Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 2002 in VOYA for The Last Grail Keeper
The Oregonian Junior Book Group Selection for Ghost Horses, 2002
Mark Twain Award finalist for A Voice From the Border, 2000-2001
Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education, for A Voice From the Border, 1999.
Oregon Book Award for A Voice From the Border, 1999
SHAARA Award nominee, The United States Civil War Center, for A Voice From the Border, 1999
The Best Children’s Books of the Year, Banks Street College, for A Voice From the Border, 1999
New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age List for A Voice From The Border, 1999
SPUR Finalist in Juvenile Fiction for Ghost Horses, Western Writers of America, 1996
Junior Library Guild Selection for Ghost Horses, 1996
Kay Snow Contest Juvenile Fiction Winner, 1996
Oregon Literary Fellowship for Young Readers for A Voice From The Border, 1995
Heartland Regional Emmy, 1992
