 The first book in "The Popularity Papers" series was selected as a top-ten title for 2011 by the American Library Association's Rainbow Project.It was a 2010 Gold Award winner by the National Parenting Publications Association and selected by the Chicago Public Library as one of the 2011 "Best of the Best" books.The first book's review in the "New York Times" 2010 summer reading issue (June 4, 2010) called the author "hugely talented".