Finalist Foreword Reviews INDIES Book of the Year Editor's Choice, Finalist Foreword Reviews INDIES Book of the Year Health Nonfiction, Finalist National Indie Excellence Awards NonFiction Health General, Finalist National Indie Excellence Awards Nonfiction Multicultural, Finalist Next Generation Indie Book Awards Nonfiction Memoirs (personal struggle/health), Silver (tie) Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards Best Regional Nonfiction Canada East, and Winner General Health Nonfiction 2018 International Book Awards
A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (NCSS and CBC), A Silver Nautilus Award: Middle Grades/Fiction, and Two Silver Benjamin Franklin Awards: Best New Voice: Children's/YA & Young Reader: Fiction (8–12)
