Finalists 2015
Below is a list of the 2015 FINALISTS in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. The children's books were read and judged by children in 8 UK primary and secondary schools, the adult books by 2 Reading Groups, 1 in London and 1 in Stockholm. The books were marked according to EDITING, THEME, STYLE, COVER and, in the case of many of the children's books, ILLUSTRATIONS.
The WINNERS will be announced on April 1st, .
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- Category 1: Pre-school picture books
- Category 2: Books for 6 - 8 year olds
- Category 3: Books for 9 - 12 year olds
- Category 4: Books for Teenagers
- Category 5: Books for adults (fiction)
- Category 6: Books for Adults (non-fiction)
- Red Ribbon Bands
If you happen to be looking for a good read, the readers at The Wishing Shelf Awards thoroughly recommend the following:
Free Yourself from Workplace Bullying: Become Bully-Proof and Regain Control of Your Life
Author: Aryanne Oade
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Azoria's Blade
They attacked her homeland.
Now, Azoria seeks her revenge.
Amazon
Out of the Darkness...
A memoir of animal
connections, love, and healing
books2read.com
Wild Atlantic Way Anthology
Characters along Ireland’s
Majestic Coast
Amazon
A Good Day and Other...
A wide-ranging collection
of imaginative, funny stories.
Amazon
BEHIND THE PICKLE JAR
A fun, relatable,
emotionally powerful read!
Amazon
Sammie and Pumpkin
An adopted dog learns
how to make new friends.
Amazon
The Girl Who Looked Beyond...
13 yrs old. How can she have
a destiny to save the world?
Amazon
The Boy and the Jaguar
A magical Mayan tale
for middle-grade readers.
Amazon
Book Love
YOUNG READERS become
WORLD LEADERS
Lorilyn Roberts
Butterfly with a Broken Wing
Children's mental health story
It's ok NOT to be ok
Amazon
THE PHILOSOPHER & THE ASSASSIN
campus novel, moral
philosophy, and murder mystery
Amazon
THE SOCIETY
Elizabeth Grant Thriller-woman
embroiled in a conspiracy
Amazon
DRAGONDAH
The Secret Legacy
of Ottillee Bottomly
Amazon
LIKE NO OTHER - Cry.
Laugh.
Think.
www.fontreal.com
WELCOME TO OPINE
Homo Sapiens 2.0: Will genetic
blessing be their undoing?
Amazon
Mother To Elephants
A Beautiful Tale of
Care and Compassion
Amazon
Irish Famine Novel
My novel Hungry Trails
celebrates family resilience
Amazon
My Year at the Good Bean Cafe
A riveting tale of unlikely
and inexplicable events.
Amazon
SKY ICE
Demon hunters. Slow-burn
romance. Hidden world.
Amazon
THREE DETAIL STORIES audiobks
Where storytime is an
adventure designed by kids
threedetailaudiobooks
Connecting Threads
A graphic memoir of
resilience and hope
Amazon
2024... Your Year of More
is a meaningful self-help
book for wise readers.
Amazon
Ghoul of Sherwood
Robin Hood and his men solve
a grisly murder near a nunnery
Amazon
Wartime Secrets, Family Lies
London to life in Washington
in a family of secrets
Amazon
TEMPEST'S SECRET
Adorable cosy mystery
with a kitten for 7-9 yr olds
Amazon
RAVEN'S GRAVE Charlotte Stuart
Betrayal and death in
an Alaskan Tlingit village.
Amazon
Look 'N Up Invasion
Celebrate diversity by
imagining a world without it.
looknup.us
Comfort in the Wings
A woman’s inspiring quest for
comfort and joy after grief
Amazon
TOUCH
Gritty coming-of-age
fiction with a purpose
Amazon
HABITAT MAN
Midlife crisis meets eco-
fiction in heartwarming romcom
Amazon
“Hatch Chile Willie”
offers children a heartwarming
tale of friendship
Amazon
MEMOIR OF A MANGLED MIND
Three minds. One body.
And nobody is safe.
Amazon
Escape From Peconic Bay
A novel of love, impending
war, and espionage.
books2read
Soul Release
An epic fantasy action
adventure in a world of magic.
Amazon
Nemesis Rising
"Survival comes with a cost
for Sam … his humanity."
Amazon
Comfort in the Wings
An inspiring, heartfelt
journey of joy after loss
Amazon
Chronicles of MatiLou/PerryAnn
Through it all the girls work
to save Mother Earth.
Amazon
Wild Asses of Mojave Desert
“Funny & tender, moving &
poetic" Recommended US Review
books2read.com
Arni's Adventures
Pet dinosaur, bear, cat story
for the young reader.
Ashok
THE PORTAL KEEPER
Enter a world of Fantastic
Creatures and Magic!
books2read
Bentley Makes a Dump Cake
A delightful, messy adventure
with joy, teamwork, & color
Miki Taylor
A First Book of Microbiology
A fun learning journey
down the microscope lens.
Amazon
THE MERMELF
Mystery girl. Mermelves arrive
Dystopian rebellion begins
Amazon
The Halloween Candy MONSTER
Jimmy teaches the Halloween
candy monster a lesson
Amazon
Truth Was Once Taboo
New humanity, ancient
wisdom: spirituality reborn.
Amazon
A HARD SILENCE
Grief, love, and learning to
speak the unspeakable
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FALSE NEUTRAL
One chance to finally
make sense of it all.
Amazon
CHARLES DARWIN...
An entertaining learning
resource for curious kids.
www.alanhesse.com
Sibby's Secret
Heart-stopping adventure
for our detective Buccaneers
Amazon
Marvelous Mood-Mending Meadow
Picture Book About Gratitude &
Dealing with Kids Emotions
Amazon
Glitching Souls
Award-winning, Mind-bending,
Technothriller
Amazon
Rooted and Remembered
An orphaned boy wonders if
home is a place or a feeling.
Goodreads
LoveVortex ... Drakor's Curse
A voyage into the unknown -
and a terrible curse.
Amazon
Then We'll Say Goodnight
How would you get your
unruly puppies back to bed?
Amazon
One Year, One Night, 2nd Ed.
A beautiful story set in an
English village during WWII.
Amazon
Day & Night
A behind the scenes tour
and evening immersion!
Amazon
Into The Shadows
Journey from naïve university
student to a great spy.
marinemoments.uk
Arni's Adventures
Pet dinosaur, bear, cat story
for the young reader.
Ashok
Fenix and the Firework Fliers
Can Fenix save the Fireworks
when a firefly gets sick?
creativemovementstories.com