Awards and Honors
- 1990: Margaret A. Edwards Award for "significant and lasting contributions to yound adult literature"
- 1990: ALAN Award, from The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents, for "outstanding contributions to the field of adolescent literature"
- 1991: The University of Southern Mississippi Medallion for "outstanding contributions to the field of children's literature"
- 2001: National Humanities Medal
- 2004: Jeremiah Ludington Memorial Award, from the Educational Paperback Association, for "significant contribution to the educational paperback business"
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