We’ve Got a Job: Awards

• IRA Young Adult Nonfiction Award
• Jane Addams Book Award
  
• SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction (Honor Book)
  
• NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (Honor Book)
  
• YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults (Finalist)
  
• American Library Association: Notable Children’s Book
  
• VOYA Nonfiction Honor List
  
• Julia Ward Howe Book Award (Finalist)
  
• Parents’ Choice: Gold Medal
  
• California Reading Association: Eureka! Gold Medal for Nonfiction
  
• Massachusetts Must-Read Book
  
• IRA Notable Books for a Global Society
  
• Society of School Librarians International (Honor Book for Social Studies K-6; Best Book for Social Studies 7-12)
  
• Junior Library Guild Selection
  
• Scholastic Book Club
  
• Pennsylvania State Librarians Association Top 40 Nonfiction
  
• Spirit of Texas Reading Program–Middle School
  
• American Booksellers Association’s New Voices
  

Named one of the best children’s books published in 2012 by:

• Kirkus Reviews
• School Library Journal
• Booklist Editors’ Choice
• Publishers Weekly
• New York Public Library
• Chicago Public Library
• Bank Street College (Outstanding Merit)
• Children’s Book Council, best-of-the-year Diversity list
• Cooperative Children’s Book Center
• Booklist Online: Top 10 Black History Books for Youth: 2013
• Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens