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- ↑ Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA), December 1999
- ↑ Sequoyah Masterlists Archived 2011-06-24 at the Wayback Machine - Past Children's Masterlists - 2001–02 list
- ↑ Nutmeg Book Award Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "authorsguild.org". Archived from the original on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ↑ Grand Canyon Reader Award
