- Recommended by the The California Latino Legislative Caucus for Reading Education
- Nominated for the Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award
- Chosen for the California Readers 2009 High School Reading Collection
- 2008 RWA Double RITA finalist for Best First Novel & Young Adult Novel
- Selected by the National Book Foundation for the “BookUp NYC” program
- Latinidad 2007 Best Latino Young Adult Book Pick
- Selected by a VIT (Very Important Teen) as a page-turning read in TEEN magazine (Winter 2008)
