The Boy in the Burning House

The Boy in the Burning House

First edition
Author	Tim Wynne-Jones
Language	English
Genre	young adult fiction, mystery fiction
Published	2000 (Groundwood Books)
Publication place	Canada
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	240
ISBN	9780888994103

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.

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]

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. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. 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. Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. 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.