Honors & Awards

2026 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist, Truth Is

2026 Top 10 Rise: A Feminist Book Project Title (The American Library Association), Truth Is

2026 YALSA Best Books for Young Adults Top Ten Title, Truth Is

2026 Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Award Longlist, Truth Is

Book Riot, Best Books of the Year, Truth Is

The Horn Book Fanfare (Best Books of the Year), Truth Is

Kirkus Reviews, Best Young Adult Books of the Year, Truth Is

Publishers Weekly, Best Young Adult Books of the Year, Truth Is

2025 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Shortlist, Truth Is

2025 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Longlist, Truth Is

2025 Junior Library Guild Golden Standard Selection, Truth Is

The Horn Book, Starred Review, Truth Is

Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review, Truth Is

Publishers Weekly, Starred Review, Truth Is

Booklist, Starred Review, Truth Is

2025 YALSA Best Books for Young Adults Top Ten Title, All the Fighting Parts

2024 William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist (The American Library Association), All the Fighting Parts

2024 Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book (We Need Diverse Books), All the Fighting Parts

2024 Top 10 Rise: A Feminist Book Project Title (The American Library Association), All the Fighting Parts

2024 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (YALSA/The American Library Association), All the Fighting Parts

2023 Cybils Award Finalist (Poetry), Cybils Awards, All the Fighting Parts

Kirkus Reviews, Best Young Adult Books of the Year, All the Fighting Parts

Reader’s Digest, Best Books of the Year, All the Fighting Parts

September/October 2023 Kids’ Indie Next Pick, The American Booksellers Association, All the Fighting Parts

Summer/Fall 2023 Indies Introduce Pick, The American Booksellers Association, All the Fighting Parts

School Library Journal, Starred Review, All the Fighting Parts

Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review, All the Fighting Parts

Adele V. Holden Creative Writing Prize, New Voices Award, 2016

Best Up-And-Coming Poet, Baltimore City Paper, 2016

NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) Competition 3rd place National Level, 2014

NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) Competition 1st place New Jersey State Level, 2014