Nathan Hale

• The Devil You Know (2005) • The Twelve Bots of Christmas (2005) • Yellowbelly and Plum Go to School (2007) • One Trick Pony (2017) • Apocalypse Taco (2019)

• Balloon on the Moon, written by Dan McCann (2008) • The Dinosaurs' Night Before Christmas, written by Anne Muecke (2008) • Rapunzel's Revenge, written by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale (2008) • Calamity Jack, written by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale (2010)

Many of Hale's books from the Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series have landed on The New York Times Best Seller list. The Underground Abductor and Alamo All Stars held the number one position. Eight of the books Hale has authored, as well as two books he has solely illustrated, are Junior Library Guild selections: Rapunzel’s Revenge (2008), Calamity Jack (2010), Alamo All-Stars (2016), One Trick Pony (2017), Raid of No Return (2017), Lafayette! (2018), Major Impossible (2020), Blades of Freedom (2021), Cold War Correspondent (2022), and Above the Trenches (2023) In 2011, Bank Street College of Education marked Calamity Jack as being of "outstanding merit" in its list of the best books of the year. In 2017, One Trick Pony was named one of the best books of the year by VOYA, Chicago Public Library, and the New York Public Library. Awards and honors for Hale's writing and illustrations • Year — Title — Award — Result — Ref. • 2008 — Rapunzel's Revenge — Cybil Award for Elementary and Middle Grade Graphic Novel — Winner • 2009 — Rapunzel's Revenge — Leah Adezio Award for Best Kid-Friendly Work — Winner • 2009 — Rapunzel's Revenge — ALSC Notable Children's Books — Selection • 2009 — Rapunzel's Revenge — Great Graphic Novels for Teens — Selection • 2010 — Rapunzel's Revenge — Amelia Bloomer List — Selection • 2011 — Calamity Jack — Great Graphic Novels for Teens — Selection • 2012 — Big Bad Ironclad! — Cybil Award for Elementary and Middle Grade Graphic Novel — Finalist • 2013 — Donner Dinner Party — Cybil Award for Elementary and Middle Grade Graphic Novel — Finalist • 2013 — One Dead Spy — Great Graphic Novels for Teens — Selection • 2014 — Donner Dinner Party — Great Graphic Novels for Teens — Selection • 2014 — Donner Dinner Party — Spur Award for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction — Nominee • 2015 — Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood — Great Graphic Novels for Teens — Selection • 2015 — Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood — Will Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work — Nominee • 2016 — The Underground Abductor — Will Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids (ages 9–12) — Finalist • 2016 — The Underground Abductor — Will Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist — Finalist • 2018 — One Trick Pony — Great Graphic Novels for Teens — Selection • 2019 — Lafayette! — Excellence in Graphic Literature Award for Nonfiction — Finalist • 2020 — Major Impossible — Excellence in Graphic Literature Award for Nonfiction — Finalist • 2022 — Cold War Correspondent — Excellence in Graphic Literature Award for Nonfiction — Finalist