Awards
- Raul Julia Award by the Puerto Rican Family Institute (June 2007)
- Governor George E. Pataki's New York State Hispanic Heritage Month Award (2006)
- Women of El Barrio, Woman of Substance Award (2003)
- Hispanic Heritage Award for Literature (1997)
- Honoree for Dedication to Puerto Rican Heritage by the Puerto Rican Heritage Committee, District 32 in Bushwick, Brooklyn (1998)
- Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Congress of Puerto Rican Women in Philadelphia (1996)
- Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from the State University of New York, Albany Campus (1989)
- American Book Award (1981)
- Jane Addams Children's Book Awards (1974)
- The New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year
- National Book Award finalist (1976)
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