Book Awards & Distinctions
for Traci Chee
27 Total Book Awards
We Are Not Free (12)
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2024
Finalist, 2022
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2021
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2020
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2021
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2021
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2021
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2020
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2020
The Reader (6)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Top 10 Selection, 2017
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Honor, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2016
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2016
Kindling (3)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Fantasy/Science Fiction Selection, 2024
Rainbow List: Top Ten LGBTQ Books for Children and Teens, 2011-2025
Young Adult Commended, 2025
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2024
A Thousand Steps Into Night (3)
The House Where Death Lives (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Mystery / Adventure Selection, 2024
The Speaker (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
The Storyteller (1)
