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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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THE ART IN MY PALM
Queer coming-of-age tale
set in Cyprus & Australia.
by Luke Icarus Simon


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


Half a Faerie
A disgraced rockstar falls for
a half-faerie single mom.
by Toni Cabell


THE PEBBLE CHAMPION
A stirring tale
of sadness and self-discovery.
Amazon





Terracolina-A Place to Belong
A fantasy to delight middle-
graders and nature lovers.
Amazon


Secrets of a Social Butterfly
How I unstuck my life
and you can too.
Lynn Bruines


Drop the Fake Smile
How to stop people-
pleasing in relationships
Amazon


TEMPEST AND THE BRIGHTON
TREASURE - A middle-grade
adventure children will love!
Amazon