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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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Crowded platforms Window Seats
One family's adventures
around Europe by train.
Amazon


Three Children's Stories
Child-approved SEL story
time plans & activities
by Adria Chalfin


Wartime Secrets, Family Lies
London to life in Washington
in a family of secrets
Amazon


LOOK AWAY NO MORE
A story rich in history & love
at a Georgia college in 1970.
Amazon





The Coach Trip
A light- hearted,
mid-life, comedy romance.
by Morag Clarke


Clouds on the Ground
Poems exploring natural beauty
and the realm of dreams
Amazon


THE SAD PRINCESS
Refinding joy with our
children is not a fairy tale
Amazon


THE GRAVITY OF LIES
WHAT IF YOUR WHOLE LIFE
WAS BASED ON LIES?
Amazon