Awards & Acknowledgements
- The Boston Authors Club, The Julia Ward Howe Award, First Prize, 2003
- The New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice, 2008
- Booklist, Starred Review, 2008
- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review, 2008
- New York Post, Required Reading, 2008
- Scholastic, Best Memoir, 2008
- The Bloomsbury Review, Editor's Favorites, 2009
- The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), Notable Social Studies Trade Book, 2009
- International Reading Association (IRA), Children's & Young Adult's Book Award, 2009
- Cooperative Children’s Book Center, CCBC Choices List as a best-of-the-year book, 2009
- Bank Street, Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, 2009
- The Massachusetts Center for the Book, Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction,(adult category) 2009
- The House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Citation, 2009
- Amazon, #1 Best Seller, (Teen & YA Asian History), 2015, 2016
- The House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Citation, 2016
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