*Edgar Award:1977, for The Chocolate War
*ALA bedste bøger for unge voksne:1981, for Efter den første død; 1983, for Humlen flyver alligevel; 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 og I Am the Cheese
*Printz Award:2001, for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian