Awards and Honors2020 Silver Birch Award Fiction Nominee <br>
2019 YouPer Award Honor <br>
2019 E.B. White Read-Aloud Award Finalist, Middle Reader <br>
2019 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner, Older Readers <br>
2019 NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Winner <br>
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - 2019 <br>
2018 National Jewish Book Award Finalist, Children's Literature <br>
<i>Publishers Weekly</i> Best Books - 2018 <br>
NYPL Best Books for Kids - 2018 <br>
<i>Horn Book</i> Fanfare - 2018
When eleven-year-old chimney climber Nan Sparrow gets caught in a fire, she is saved by a mysterious creature born from the piece of coal she keeps in her pocket.