Winners 2012
Below is a list of the 2012 WINNERS in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. The children's books were read and judged by children in 8 UK primary and secondary schools, the adult books by 2 Reading Groups, 1 in London and 1 in Stockholm. The books were marked according to EDITING, THEME, STYLE, COVER and, in the case of many of the children's books, ILLUSTRATIONS.
Jump straight to:
- Category 1: Pre-school picture books
- Category 2: Books for 6 - 8 year olds
- Category 3: Books for 9 - 12 year olds
- Category 4: Books for Teenagers
- Category 5: Books for adults (fiction)
- Category 6: Books for Adults (non-fiction)
If you happen to be looking for a good read, the readers at The Wishing Shelf Awards thoroughly recommend the following:
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BEHIND BULLETPROOF GLASS
A raw memoir about
pregnancy loss and grief
Amazon
Dance Along
A curious cat, a magical
mirror & a world of twirls
Amazon
MEMOIR OF A MANGLED MIND
Steve's 2 other personalities
wreak havoc all around him
Amazon
Tales Beyond Midnight
Dark, twisty and gripping.
You'll never stop at one.
by Kim Gravell
Glitching Souls - Steve Kenney
Neil can read minds...
He can't turn them off.
Amazon
Plea to a Frozen God
A desperate trio appeals
to the God of Death.
Amazon
Truth Was Once Taboo
New humanity, ancient
wisdom: spirituality reborn.
Amazon
Angry Arthur
and The Run Around Trick
Learn to manage big feelings
Amazon
THE GREAT MOSQUITO HUNT
Hunting the world for
the causes of disease
Amazon
The Collective Consciousness
Embark on a journey into the
depths of the human spirit!
Amazon
The One-Year Novelist
Takes You Step-By-Step From
Idea To Finished Draft
Amazon
MERCY'S VIEW: BLACKOUT
Memoir - A runaway's reckless
re-entry into society
Amazon
Nantucket Monsters
Island monsters on the sly,
live in the corner your eye
B. LAWSON HULL
REVOLUTION: A NOVEL
Comical misadventures in
modern Los Angeles
Amazon
SOUTH KOREA
Where old traditions and
modern change collide.
by John Gonzalez
Three Children's Stories
Child-approved SEL story
time plans & activities
by Adria Chalfin
THE PHILOSOPHER & THE ASSASSIN
campus novel, moral
philosophy, and murder mystery
Amazon
More Future Dreams/Nightmares
Award-winning SF short
stories of AIs and robots.
Donald Firesmith
IF I COULD REMEMBER
A tender, unflinching memoir
on Alzheimer's caregiving
by Donna Costa
The Bardic Isles Series
A thought-provoking fantasy
where music is the magic!
Amazon
The Shadow and the Scream
Stranger Things meets
Alice in Wonderland.
Amazon
THE JEWEL OF WENZLO
An epic conflict
between rodent kings
Amazon
SOUTH KOREA
A nuanced & engaging analysis
of Korea's rise to prominence.
Amazon
It Rains in February
A wife's memoir of love,
suicide, grief and loss
Amazon
Then We'll Say Goodnight
How would you get your
unruly puppies back to bed?
Amazon
Of Mountains and Seas
A multigenerational urban
fantasy mystery.
Amazon
TEMPEST AND THE BRIGHTON
TREASURE - A middle-grade
adventure children will love!
Amazon
BEHIND BULLETPROOF GLASS
A raw memoir about
pregnancy loss and grief
Amazon
The Pathology of Graphology
Two citizens of the lower
depths kill an aging DJ.
by David Milnes