The nominees for the 2013 Edgar Awards have been announced.  The awards are given by the Mystery Writers of America to acknowledge the best mystery writing of the year. 

Here are the nominees for the Best Juvenile and Best Young Adult mysteries of the year:

 

BEST JUVENILE

    

Fake Mustache: Or, How Jodie O’Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse (and Some Nerdy Kid) Saved the U.S. Presidential Election from a Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind by Tom Angleberger

13 Hangmen by Art Corriveau

The Quick Fix by Jack D. Ferraiolo

Spy School by Stuart Gibbs

Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage

 

BEST YOUNG ADULT

    

Emily’s Dress and Other Missing Things by Kathryn Burak

The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George

Crusher by Niall Leonard

Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein