The Boy in the Burning House explained

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 Guardians 2005 Children's Fiction Prize^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: 2007 . Arthur Ellis Awards, Crime Writers of Canada . Sobin . Roger M. . The Essential Mystery Lists: For Readers, Collectors, and Librarians . Scottsdale, AZ . Poisoned Pen Press . 203 . 978-1-59058-457-6 . 2014-11-13 .
2. Web site: Red Maple Award Program 1998-2014 Winners and nominated titles . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129031302/https://www.accessola.org/web/Documents/OLA/Forest/Archives/RedMaple-Archive.pdf . usurped . November 29, 2014 . 2014-11-13 . Ontario Library Association .
3. Web site: Nominees for National Children's Book Award Announced . 2014-11-13 . Ontario Arts Council .
4. Web site: Search the Edgar Award Winners and Nominees . 2014-11-13 . Mystery Writers of America .
5. Web site: 2004 Popular Paperbacks . 2014-11-14 . Young Adult Library Services Association .
6. News: Guardian Children's Fiction prize 2005 . 2014-11-14 . The Guardian .