2019 Arthur Ellis Award winner for Best Juvenile/Young Adult Crime Book is...

On the evening of May 23, the Arthur Ellis Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing were awarded by the Crime Writers of Canada. Awarded annually since 1984, the Arthur Ellis Awards include the following categories:

• Best Crime Novel 
• Best First Crime Novel 
• Best Crime Novella
• Best Crime Short Story
• Best Crime Book in French
• Best Juvenile/Young Adult Crime Book
• Best Nonfiction Crime Book
• Best Unpublished Manuscript (a.k.a the Unhanged Arthur)

Here is the award information relevant to youngCanLit:

2019 Arthur Ellis Award for  

Best Juvenile/Young Adult Crime Book 

The nominees were . . .

And the award goes to...

Escape

Written by Linwood Barclay
Puffin Canada
978-0-143198789
256 pp.
Ages 8-12
2018