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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 Gemini Connection
An intriguing thriller that
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Then We'll Say Goodnight
How would you get your
unruly puppies back to bed?
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THE WELL
A cleverly plotted YA fantasy
packed full of suspense.
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Clifftop Farm in Wartime
A story of WW2
evacuated children
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THE WORD GOBBLERS
A handbook for parents whose
children struggle to read
by Catherine Matthias


Your Words Your Love
A dazzling explosion
of beauty for your soul.
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From The Back of a Donkey
Multi-award winning. A
captivating look at Christmas.
by Nancy Elaine Hartman Minor


The Gates of Dark Death
A gripping, faced-pace,
Tudor-period thriller
by Alan Reynolds