*Edgar Award: 1977, for The Chocolate War
*ALA Best Books for Young Adults: 1981, for After the First Death; 1983, for The Bumblebee Flies Anyway; 1990, for Other Bells for Us to Ring
*Boston Globe-Horn Book Award: 1985, for Fade
*Newbery Medal: 1991, for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
*Margaret A. Edwards Award: 1994, for The Chocolate War and I Am the Cheese
*Printz Award: 2001, for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian