- Smarties Book Prize Gold Award 1997

-British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year 1998

-FCBG Children's Book Awards ganador de ganadores 1998

- Young Telegraph Paperback of the Year Award 1998

- Birmingham Cable Children's Book Award

- Sheffield Children's Book Award

- The Booksellers Association/The Bookseller Author of the Year 1998

- American Booksellers Book Award 1999

- Children´s Book Prize 1999 del "Jury of Young Readers" Vienna

- Kinderbockwinkelprijs 1999

- Premio Centro per la Letteratura Infantile 1998

- Anne Spencer Libergh Prize in Children's Literature 1997-1998

- Prix Sorcière 1999

- Prix Tam-Tam "Je bouquine" 1999

- School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

- American Library Association Notable Book and Best Book for Young Adults 1998

- Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year

- New York Public Library Best Book of the Year

-Parenting Magazine Book of the Year Award 1998

-Smithsonian Notables Book for Children

- Borders Books Choice for 1999

- Lectura recomendada por Editor's Choice 1998

- Candidato para la Carmegie Medal (mention) 1998

-Guardian Fiction Prize 1998

-Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 1999