"No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War" <span> was a finalist for the 1998 </span>National Book Award for Young People's Literature<span>. It won several prizes, like a </span>Judy Lopez Memorial Medal<span> for Children's Literature, an </span>Orbis Pictus Award<span>, a </span>Golden Kite Award<span>, a </span>Sydney Taylor Award<span> Honor Book, a Booklist editor's choice, a </span>River Bank Review<span> Children's Books of Distinction finalist, an </span>American Library Association<span> Best Books for Young Adults citation, and a </span>Gradiva Award<span> for Best Memoir</span>
