Agatha Award - Children/Young Adult (Awarded by Malice Domestic)

Awards List

2021

I Play One on TV
(Winner)
Alan Orloff

Leisha's Song
(Nominee)
Lynn Slaughter

The Forest of Stolen Girls
(Nominee)
June Hur

Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche
(Nominee)
Nancy Springer

Cold-Blooded Myrtle
(Nominee)
Elizabeth C. Bunce

2020

Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco
(Winner)
Richie Narvaez

From the Desk of Zoe Washington
(Nominee)
Janae Marks

Saltwater Secrets
(Nominee)
Cindy Callaghan

Midnight at the Barclay Hotel
(Nominee)
Fleur Bradley

Premeditated Myrtle
(Nominee)
Elizabeth C. Bunce

2019

The Last Crystal
(Winner)
Frances Schoonmaker

Two Can Keep a Secret
(Nominee)
Karen M. McManus

Kazu Jones and the Denver Dognappers
(Nominee)
Shauna M. Holyoak

Jada Sly, Artist & Spy
(Nominee)
Sherri Winston

Top Marks for Murder
(Nominee)
Robin Stevens

2018

Potion Problems
(Winner)
Cindy Callaghan

Winterhouse
(Nominee)
Ben Guterson

A Side of Sabotage
(Nominee)
C.M. Surrisi

2017

Sydney MacKenzie Knocks 'em Dead
(Winner)
Cindy Callaghan

Audacity Jones Steals the Show
(Nominee)
Kirby Larson

The Harlem Charade
(Nominee)
Natasha Tarpley

City of Angels
(Nominee)
Kristi Belcamino

The World's Greatest Detective
(Nominee)
Caroline Carlson

2016

The Secret of the Puzzle Box
(Winner)
Penny Warner

The Mystery of Hollow Places
(Nominee)
Rebecca Podos

Trapped
(Nominee)
P.A. De Voe

Tag, You're Dead
(Nominee)
J.C. Lane

Spy Ski School
(Nominee)
Stuart Gibbs

2015

Andi Unstoppable
(Winner)
Amanda Flower

Pieces and Players
(Nominee)
Blue Balliett

Woof
(Nominee)
Spencer Quinn

Fighting Chance
(Nominee)
Bonnie Stevens

Need
(Nominee)
Joelle Charbonneau

2014

The Mummy's Curse
(Winner)
Penny Warner

Uncertain Glory
(Nominee)
Lea Wait

Andi Under Pressure
(Nominee)
Amanda Flower

Found
(Nominee)
Harlan Coben

Greenglass House
(Nominee)
Kate Milford

The Mummy's Curse
(Nominee)
Penny Warner

2013

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
(Winner)
Chris Grabenstein

Traitor in the Shipyard
(Nominee)
Kathleen Ernst

The Testing
(Nominee)
Joelle Charbonneau

Andi Unexpected
(Nominee)
Amanda Flower

The Mystery of the Pirate's Treasure
(Nominee)
Penny Warner

2012

The Haunted Lighthouse
(Winner)
Penny Warner

Code Name Verity
(Nominee)
Elizabeth Wein

Liar & Spy
(Nominee)
Rebecca Stead

The Edge of Nowhere
(Nominee)
Elizabeth George

Seconds Away
(Nominee)
Harlan Coben

2011

The Black Heart Crypt
(Winner)
Chris Grabenstein

The Wizard of Dark Street
(Nominee)
Shawn Thomas Odyssey

The Secret of the Skeleton Key
(Nominee)
Penny Warner

Shelter
(Nominee)
Harlan Coben

Icefall
(Nominee)
Matthew J. Kirby

2010

The Other Side of Dark
(Winner)
Sarah Smith

A Spy in the House
(Nominee)
Y.S. Lee

Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus
(Nominee)
R.L. LaFevers

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
(Nominee)
John Grisham

Virals
(Nominee)
Kathy Reichs; Brendan Reichs

2009

The Case of the Poisoned Pig
(Nominee)
Lewis B. Montgomery

The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline
(Nominee)
Nancy Springer

The Morgue and Me
(Nominee)
John C. Ford

2007

Bravo Zulu, Samantha!
(Nominee)
Kathleen Benner Duble

The Falconer's Knot
(Nominee)
Mary Hoffman

2006

Behind the Curtain
(Nominee)
Peter Abrahams

Room One
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

2005

Flush
(Winner)
Carl Hiaasen

The Curse of Ravenscourt
(Nominee)
Sarah Masters Buckey

The Coastwatcher
(Nominee)
Elise Weston

2004

Chasing Vermeer
(Winner)
Blue Balliett

2003

The Seventh Knot
(Winner)
Kathleen Karr

Danger: Dynamite!
(Nominee)
Anne Capeci

2002

Whistler in the Dark
(Nominee)
Kathleen Ernst

Maltese Kitten
(Nominee)
Linda Stewart

2001

The Mystery of the Haunted Caves
(Winner)
Penny Warner

Death on Sacred Ground
(Nominee)
Harriet K. Feder

Award Categories

Children/Young Adult

Contemporary Novel

First Novel

Historical Novel

Nonfiction

Novel

Short Story

Award Years

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

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2003

2002

2001

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1999

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