- Hurston/Wright Legacy Award 2004 (Best Debut Fiction Category)[7]
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2005: Best First Book (Africa)[7]
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2005: Best First Book (overall)[7]
- Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2004[7]
- Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2004[7]
- Nominated for the YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) Best Books for Young Adults Award (2004)[7]
- Shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2004/2005[7]
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