No Vacancy has been selected as one of Bank Street College of Education’s Best Children’s Books of 2021! On the criteria for selection:

In choosing books for the annual list, reviewers consider literary quality and excellence of presentation as well as the potential emotional impact of the books on young readers. Other criteria include credibility of characterization and plot, authenticity of time and place, age suitability, positive treatment of ethnic and religious differences, and the absence of stereotypes.