 , "Manikam Kalbu" was awarded the winner for the Teen Fiction Book of the Year category in the National Book Award at a ceremony held by the Ministry of Education and the National Book Council on 22 December 2009.Also won the "Manikam Kalbu", Hadiah Sastera Perdana Malaysia 2006/2007.In a study, this novel is regarded as saturated with local knowledge by Dr Wan Zaliha Wan Othman and Professor Dr. Mohamad Mokhtar Abu Hassan.