Awards
- Horn Book Honor List 1985 for Travellers by Night
- Notable Book of the Year, American Library Association Notable Books, 1985 for Travellers by Night
- Notable Book of the Year, American Library Association, 1986 for The Cuckoo Sister
- Notable Book of the Year, American Library Association, 1988 for The Monster Garden
- Best science fiction/fantasy Book, Voice of Youth Advocate, 1988 for The Monster Garden
- Horn Book Fanfare Best Books of the Year 1989 for The Monster Garden
- Horn Book Fanfare Best Books of the Year 1993 for A Kind of Thief
- Carnegie Medal shortlist for The Trial of Anna Cotman
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