Books:
Sources of Light (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010),
When I Crossed No-Bob (Houghton Mifflin, 2007),
How I Found the Strong (Houghton Mifflin, 2004),
In My Mother's House (St. Martin's Press, 2003),
Tanzania on Tuesday (New Rivers Press, 1997),
When Warhol Was Still Alive (Crossing Press, 1994)
Anthologies:
VS: The Versus Anthology (Press 53, 2009),
Christmas Stories from the South’s Best Writers (Pelican Publishing Company, 2008),
Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Stories by Women (The Crossing Press, 1995),
Catholic Girls & Boys (Penguin, 1994)
Prizes:
2010 NEA Fellowship; 2010 Fulbright to teach at the University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary; 2008 Parents’ Choice Silver Honor; 2007 School Library Journal Best Book; Mississippi Arts and Letters Award for Best Fiction (2004 and 2008); Indiana Best Young Adult Book (2005 and 2008);2006 Award for Fiction from the Mississippi Library Association;ALA 2005 Notable Social Studies Book; Booklist's Top Ten First Novel for Youth.; 2 Individual Artist Fellowships from the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.