The Boy in the Burning House

The Boy in the Burning House is a young adult mystery novel by English-Canadian author Tim Wynne-Jones. It was first published in Canada in 2000 by Groundwood Books; the first American edition was published in 2001 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

The Boy in the Burning House
AuthorTim Wynne-Jones
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Genreyoung adult fiction, mystery fiction
Published2007 (Groundwood Books)
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages240
ISBN9780888994103

Awards and honors

  • Winner of the 2001 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime Book[1]
  • Nominated for the 2001 Ontario Library Association Red Maple Award[2]
  • Short-listed for the 2001 Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award for Young Adult/Middle Reader Books[3]
  • Winner of the 2002 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery[4]
  • Named to the American Library Association's 2004 list of Popular Paperbacks for Young Readers[5]
  • Short-listed for The Guardian's 2005 Children's Fiction Prize[6]
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References

  1. Sobin, Roger M., ed. (2007). "Arthur Ellis Awards, Crime Writers of Canada". The Essential Mystery Lists: For Readers, Collectors, and Librarians. Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-1-59058-457-6. Retrieved 2014-11-13.
  2. "Red Maple Award Program 1998-2014 Winners and nominated titles" (PDF). Ontario Library Association. Retrieved 2014-11-13.
  3. "Nominees for National Children's Book Award Announced". Ontario Arts Council. Retrieved 2014-11-13.
  4. "Search the Edgar Award Winners and Nominees". Mystery Writers of America. Retrieved 2014-11-13.
  5. "2004 Popular Paperbacks". Young Adult Library Services Association. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
  6. "Guardian Children's Fiction prize 2005". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
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