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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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Beyond a World Apart
Story Nazis attempted to burn
based on historical events
Amazon


Chronicles of MatiLou/PerryAnn
Through it all the girls work
to save Mother Earth.
Amazon


SO YOU WANT TO BE AN ARCHITECT
Dream up towers and
make them stand for good
by Linda Soules


One Year, One Night, 2nd Ed.
A beautiful story set in an
English village during WWII.
Amazon





SIN EATER
A unique, funny, and
emotional novel for YA
Amazon


THE PHILOSOPHER & THE ASSASSIN
campus novel, moral
philosophy, and murder mystery
Amazon


“Hatch Chile Willie”
offers children a heartwarming
tale of friendship
Amazon


MERRYSHIELDS
A magical, action-packed
portal story for kids!
by Jen Jones