Awards and Recognition
The book has won awards and has received recognition as follows:
- Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis prize in 1985
- National Education Association "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children" based on a 2007 online poll
- School Library Journal "Top 100 Chapter Books" of all time based on a 2012 poll
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