Awards

Achievement Awards

Crossing Bok Chitto

     2007 Jane Addams Peace Award Honor Book
     2007 Skipping Stone Award
     2007 Paterson Prize
     2007 Anne Izard's Storytellers' Choice Award
     2007 ALSC Notable Books for Children List
     2007 Oklahoma Book Award for Best Children's Book
     2007 Oklahoma Book Award for Best Illustrations    (Illustrator Jeanne Rorex-Bridges)
     2006 Austin Public Library Award for Best Children's Book from the Texas Institute of Letters
     2006 Book Links Lasting Connections Selection
     2006 Teddy Award from the Texas Writer's League

Spirits Dark and Light

Walking the Choctaw Road

     2005 Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma Book Award
     2005 Alaska Reads Book of the Year
     2004 Notable Book for a Global Society - International Reader's Association
     2003 Best Anthology - Storytelling World Magazine

AUDIOBOOK

     2004 Notable Audio Title for Young Adults - American Library Association

2007 Winner - Best Short Story for Adults (The Lady Who Changed) - Storytelling World Magazine

Fifty Texas Ghost Stories

2004 Best Anthology - Storytelling World Magazine