Book Awards & Distinctions
for Susan Hood
39 Total Book Awards
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay (8)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2017

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2016

Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Nonfiction, 1993-2025
Younger Readers Winner, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Arts Selection, 2016

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2017

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2017
Lifeboat 12 (7)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2019

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Commended, 2019

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction Winner, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
World History & Culture Selection, 2019

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2019
Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023

National Jewish Book Awards, 1952-2024
Middle Grade Finalist, 2022

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Power, Authority, Governance Selection, 2023
Spike, the Mixed-Up Monster (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2013

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2013

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2013
Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team (3)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Geography, People, Places Selection, 2020
El violín de Ada: La historia de la Orquesta de Instrumentos Reciclados del Paraguay (2)
Harboring Hope: The True Story of How Henny Sinding Helped Denmark's Jews Escape the Nazis (2)

Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Nonfiction, 1993-2025
Older Readers Winner, 2024

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
High Interest Selection, 2023
Lifeboat 5 (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2024
Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2019
The Tooth Mouse (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2012
The Fix-It Man (1)
The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics (1)
We Are One: How the World Adds Up (1)

Mathical Book Prize, 2015-2025
Honor, 2022