*Edgar Award:1977, for The Chocolate War
*ALA beste bøker for unge voksne:1981, for After the First Death; 1983, for The Bumblebee Flies Anyway; 1990, for Other Bells for Us to Ring
*Boston Globe-Horn Book Award:1985, for Fade
*Newbery Medal:1991, for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
*Margaret A. Edwards Award:1994, for The Chocolate War and I Am the Cheese
*Printz Award:2001, for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian