page_title: Agatha Award
section_title: Best Children/Young Adult Fiction
hierarchical_section_title: Agatha Award / Awards / Best Children/Young Adult Fiction
caption_attribution_description: English: Blue Balliett, an American teacher and author of children's books.
context_page_description: The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the cozy mystery subgenre. At an annual convention in Washington, D.C., the Agatha Awards are handed out by Malice Domestic Ltd, in six categories: Best Novel; Best First Mystery; Best Historical Novel; Best Short Story; Best Non-Fiction; Best Children's/Young Adult Mystery. Additionally, in some years the Poirot Award is presented to honor individuals other than writers who have made outstanding contributions to the mystery genre, but it is not an annual award.
  Malice Domestic Ltd was established in 1989, and was incorporated in 1992. It is governed by a volunteer board of directors.
context_section_description: 2017 – Sydney Mackenzie Knocks 'Em Dead by Cindy Callaghan (Aladdin)
  City of Angels by Kristi Belcamino
  The World's Greatest Detective by Caroline Carlson
  Audacity Jones Steals the Show by Kirby Larson
  The Harlem Charade by Natasha Tarpley
  2016 – The Secret of the Puzzle Box: The Code Busters Club by Penny Warner (Darby Creek)
  Trapped: A Mei-hua Adventure by P.A. DeVoe (Drum Tower Press)
  Spy Ski School by Stuart Gibbs (Simon & Schuster)
  Tag, You're Dead by J C Lane (Poisoned Pen Press)
  The Mystery of Hollow Places by Rebecca Podos (Balzer & Bray)
  2015 – Andi Unstoppable by Amanda Flower (Zonderkidz)
  Pieces and Players, Blue Balliett (Scholastic Press)
  Need, Joelle Charbonneau (HMH Books for Young Readers)
  Woof, Spencer Quinn (Scholastic Press)
  Fighting Chance, B.K. Stevens (Poisoned Pen Press)
  2014 – The Code Buster's Club, Case #4: The Mummy's Curse by Penny Warner (Egmont USA)
  Andi Under Pressure by Amanda Flower (ZonderKidz)
  Greenglass House by Kate Milford (Clarion Books)
  Uncertain Glory by Lea Wait (Islandport Press)
  Found by Harlan Coben (Putnam Juvenile)
  2013 – Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein (Random House Books)
  The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau (HMH Books for Young Readers)
  Traitor in the Shipyard: A Caroline Mystery by Kathleen Ernst (American Girl Mysteries)
  Andi Unexpected by Amanda Flower (Zonderkidz)
  Code Busters Club: Mystery of the Pirate's Treasure by Penny Warner (Egmont USA)
  2012 – The Code Busters Club, Case #2: The Haunted Lighthouse by Penny Warner (Egmont USA)
  Seconds Away by Harlan Coben
  The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George
  Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
  Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
  2011 – The Black Heart Crypt by Chris Grabenstein (Random House)
  Shelter by Harlan Coben (Putnam)
  Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby (Scholastic Press)
  The Wizard of Dark Street by Shawn Thomas Odyssey (EgmontUSA)
  The Code Busters Club, Case #1: The Secret of the Skeleton Key by Penny Warner (EgmontUSA)
  2010 – The Other Side of Dark by Sarah Smith (Atheneum)
  Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer by John Grisham (Dutton Children's)
  Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus by R. L. LaFevers (Houghton Mifflin)
  The Agency: A Spy in the House by Y. S. Lee (Candlewick)
  Virals by Kathy Reichs (Razorbill)
  2009 – The Hanging Hill by Chris Grabenstein (Random House)
  2008 – The Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein
  2006 – Pea Soup Poisonings by Nancy Means Wright (Hilliard & Harris)
  2005 – Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams, HarperCollins Publishers and Flush by Carl Hiaasen (Alfred A. Knopf)
  2004 – Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett (Scholastic Press)
  2003 – The 7th Knot by Kathleen Karr (Marshall Cavendish)
  2002 – Red Card: A Zeke Armstrong Mystery (The Zeke Armstrong Mysteries, 1) by Daniel J. Hale & Matthew LaBrot (Top Publications)
  2001 – Mystery Of The Haunted Caves: A Troop 13 Mystery by Penny Warner (Meadowbrook Press)
caption: Blue Balliett
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