Book Awards & Distinctions
for Joy McCullough
18 Total Book Awards
Blood Water Paint (10)
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2024
Finalist, 2019
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2019
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2018
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2019
Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2019
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2018
William C. Morris Debut Award, 2009-2025
Finalist, 2019
YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023
Finalist, 2019
Enter the Body (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2023
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2023
Code Red (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2023
We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire (2)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2022
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
A Field Guide to Getting Lost (1)
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Third Place Winner, 2021
