Winners 2012
Below is a list of the 2012 WINNERS 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.
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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)
If you happen to be looking for a good read, the readers at The Wishing Shelf Awards thoroughly recommend the following:
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A Trip From God, Book 1
NEW gods NEW religion NEW
prophet NEW order OLD insanity
Amazon
TOUCH
Gritty coming-of-age
fiction with a purpose
Amazon
GOING UNDER THE RADAR
Honest, insightful, battling
autism/mental health - TWSA
Amazon
A First Book of Microbiology
A fun learning journey
down the microscope lens.
Amazon
CHARCOAL BOY
Tudor London, boy, entangled
in politics, wins through
Amazon
The Devil has Spoken
2020: The Devil has created a
virus that won't discriminate
Everand
CALM POND
TOP 10 BOOK - 9 short stories
for 5 - 9 year olds
Amazon
Chronicles of MatiLou/PerryAnn
Through it all the girls work
to save Mother Earth.
Amazon
TREACHERY!
A WW2 child
evacuee thriller
Amazon
My Year at the Good Bean Café
Weird and inexplicable events
and their effect on our lives
Amazon
The Crooked Ladder
It's time to climb...
or die
Amazon
SKY ICE
Demon hunters. Slow-burn
romance. Hidden world.
Amazon
HENRY
Inspiring WWII Nonfiction
survival account
Amazon
Marlon and the Scary Something
Scaredy cat finds courage,
foils fear, wins friend
Amazon
THE GREAT MOSQUITO HUNT
Hunting the world for
the causes of disease
Amazon
DRAGONDAH
The Secret Legacy
of Ottillee Bottomly
Amazon
My Year at the Good Bean Cafe
A riveting tale of unlikely
and inexplicable events.
Amazon
Exclusion Zone
The VORKOSIGAN SAGA
meets DIE HARD.
Amazon
THE COIN
CAN FINDING A COIN
GET YOU KILLED?
books2read
SOUL WALK
Unexpected Gifts of Grief and
Connection to Those in Spirit
Amazon
Digging Deep by Dexter Hutt
She can cope with murder -
but what about betrayal?
Amazon
RIVER WITCH
A haunting, emotional tale
of magic and purpose.
Amazon
Ruby the Emotional Stingray
Handling emotions for kids.
BEDTIME STORY
Amazon
THE SAD PRINCESS
Refinding joy with our
children is not a fairy tale
Amazon
The Stranger of Ul Darak BK 1
A new intriguing epic
high fantasy series
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SIN EATER
A girl with the power to
erase ANY bad memory!
Amazon
From The Back of a Donkey
Fresh captivating look at the
Christmas Story told by Mary
by Nancy Elaine Hartman Minor
THE JEWEL OF WENZLO
An epic conflict
between rodent kings
Amazon
The Princess and the Spy
A witty and heartfelt
YA fantasy mystery
Amazon