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.

Awards and honors

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