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Books of the Decade

The Wishing Shelf Book Award has now been running for TEN YEARS. To celebrate this, we have announced SIX Best Books of the Decade from our PAST Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal Winners. You will find the books listed below. The readers in our Reading Groups think they are WONDERFUL!

Best Book from the Last Ten Years

Category 1

The Snark, Justin Davis, ill. by Stephanie Jayne

Category 2


Baby Worries, Frances Mackay, ill by Dotti Colvin

Category 3


Shadow Jumper, J M Forster

Category 4


Ben Archer and the Cosmic Fall, Rae Knightly

Category 5


The Poison Keeper, Deborah Swift

Category 6


Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America, Katrina Shawver

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Winkle and Aster
Urban fantasy that takes
imagination to its limits
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Sara My Sara
A moving tale of friendship,
loss, and the gifts of grief.
Amazon


Angry Arthur
and The Run Around Trick
Learn to manage big feelings
Amazon


Escape From Peconic Bay
A fast-paced, historical novel
set during the run up to WW2
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A Good Day and Other...
A wide-ranging collection
of imaginative, funny stories.
Amazon


REVOLUTION: A NOVEL
Comical misadventures in
modern Los Angeles
Amazon


Jemma and the Raven
A luminous adventure in
this epic YA fantasy debut
Amazon


THE JEWEL OF WENZLO
An epic conflict
between rodent kings
Amazon