Book Awards & Distinctions
for Kim Johnson
17 Total Book Awards
Invisible Son (8)
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2024
Finalist, 2024
BCALA Children and Youth Literary Awards, 2021-2025
Fiction Honor, 2024
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2024
In the Margins Book Awards, 2014-2025
Fiction Honor, 2024
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2023
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2023
Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2024
Young Adult Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2024
The Color of a Lie (6)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2025
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
History Selection, 2024
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2025
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Selection, 2025
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2024
Scott O'Dell Award, 1984-2025
Winner, 2025
This Is My America (3)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Top 10 Selection, 2021
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2021
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2021
