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LILY AND DUNKIN -- RAVES AND REVIEWS
* Southern Book Award Winner 2017 -- Juvenile Category
* Voice Award from the Palm Beach County Action Alliance for Mental Health
* NPR's Best Kids' Books of 2016
* Chicago Public Library Best Fiction for Older Readers 2016
* New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2016
* Amazon's Top 20 Children's Books of 2016
* Top 10 Audiobooks of 2016, School Library Journal
* YALSA 2017 Best Fiction for Young Adults
* YALSA 2017 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
* ALA 2017 Rainbow Book List -- GLBTQ Books for Children & Teens
* Great Words; Great Works Book Selection from the National Spelling Bee
* California Young Reader Medal Winner 2021
* Iowa Teen Award 2019-2020 Nominee
* Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award Teen Nominee, 2019
* Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Illinois Children's Choice Award, 2019
* Missouri Association of School Librarians, 2018-2019 Truman Award Nominee
* South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards 2017-2018
* Georgia Book Award, 2017-2018 Nominee
* Rhode Island Middle School Book Award Nominee, 2018
* Wisconsin State Reading Association's Just One More Page Selection, 2017
* Indie Next Pick Summer 2016
* Junior Library Guild Selection
* Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 -- Best Middle Grade & Children's
* 2016 Nerdy Book Club Award
* 2016 Rainbow Awards -- Best Transgender Book
* 2016 Spring Okra Pick -- the Best in Southern Literature
* Voice Award from the Palm Beach County Action Alliance for Mental Health
* NPR's Best Kids' Books of 2016
* Chicago Public Library Best Fiction for Older Readers 2016
* New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2016
* Amazon's Top 20 Children's Books of 2016
* Top 10 Audiobooks of 2016, School Library Journal
* YALSA 2017 Best Fiction for Young Adults
* YALSA 2017 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
* ALA 2017 Rainbow Book List -- GLBTQ Books for Children & Teens
* Great Words; Great Works Book Selection from the National Spelling Bee
* California Young Reader Medal Winner 2021
* Iowa Teen Award 2019-2020 Nominee
* Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award Teen Nominee, 2019
* Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Illinois Children's Choice Award, 2019
* Missouri Association of School Librarians, 2018-2019 Truman Award Nominee
* South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards 2017-2018
* Georgia Book Award, 2017-2018 Nominee
* Rhode Island Middle School Book Award Nominee, 2018
* Wisconsin State Reading Association's Just One More Page Selection, 2017
* Indie Next Pick Summer 2016
* Junior Library Guild Selection
* Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 -- Best Middle Grade & Children's
* 2016 Nerdy Book Club Award
* 2016 Rainbow Awards -- Best Transgender Book
* 2016 Spring Okra Pick -- the Best in Southern Literature
* Booklist, Starred Review
". . . a thoughtfully and sensitively written work of character-driven fiction that dramatically addresses two important subjects that deserve more widespread attention."
* School Library Journal, Starred Review for audio version
"Listeners who enjoyed Jazz Jennings’s Being Jazz or Holly Goldberg Sloan’s Counting by 7s will appreciate this unique tale, a timely novel suitable for any middle school kid who feels different."
* VOYA Magazine
"This would be a fantastic addition to any middle grade library collection, and is highly recommended for all ages . . . Gephart has written a story that will speak not just to one specific community, but to humanity as a whole."
* Publisher's Weekly Magazine
“Gephart sympathetically contrasts the physical awkwardness, uncertainty, and longings of these two outsiders during a few tightly-plotted months, building to a crescendo of revelation…[A] valuable portrait of two teenagers whose journeys are just beginning.”
* Chicago's Windy City Times
"For readers who are looking for a meaningful, moving story about two dynamic young teens in the throes of massive changes in their lives, I would highly recommend this book. It's an emotional roller-coaster of a story that will resonate with audiences across the generations."
". . . a thoughtfully and sensitively written work of character-driven fiction that dramatically addresses two important subjects that deserve more widespread attention."
* School Library Journal, Starred Review for audio version
"Listeners who enjoyed Jazz Jennings’s Being Jazz or Holly Goldberg Sloan’s Counting by 7s will appreciate this unique tale, a timely novel suitable for any middle school kid who feels different."
* VOYA Magazine
"This would be a fantastic addition to any middle grade library collection, and is highly recommended for all ages . . . Gephart has written a story that will speak not just to one specific community, but to humanity as a whole."
* Publisher's Weekly Magazine
“Gephart sympathetically contrasts the physical awkwardness, uncertainty, and longings of these two outsiders during a few tightly-plotted months, building to a crescendo of revelation…[A] valuable portrait of two teenagers whose journeys are just beginning.”
* Chicago's Windy City Times
"For readers who are looking for a meaningful, moving story about two dynamic young teens in the throes of massive changes in their lives, I would highly recommend this book. It's an emotional roller-coaster of a story that will resonate with audiences across the generations."