Winners 2017
Below is a list of the 2017 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.
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- 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:
Silver
Herakles: Book 5- Early Myths: Kids Books on Greek Myth
Author: Dr. Simon Spence and Colm Lawton
Gold
Henry: A Polish Swimmer’s True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
Author: Katrina Shawver
Bronze
I Hear You: The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships
Author: Michael S Sorensen
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Sam & Me & the Hard Pear Tree
A personal account of
a mother’s ultimate loss
Amazon
Confidently Mindful
Answers to your most asked
mindfulness questions.
Amazon
THE TRALL SERIES
Middle-grade portal
fantasies set in Australia.
by Gayle Torrens
Moonshine Mesa
Why are bees, crows, & humans
dying at Moonshine Mesa?
Amazon
Building The Beast:
The Comic Memoir
of a Crazy Idea!
Amazon
FIELDS OF PROSPERIS
"Bingeable space opera, best
complex villains"-ARK Watson
Amazon
The Broken Wife
A gripping tale of love,
loss, and BETRAYAL.
Amazon
Sprout's Surprise!
A humorous story with
a gentle ecofriendly message
Amazon
Jemma and the Raven
A luminous adventure in
this epic YA fantasy debut
Amazon
Escape From Peconic Bay
A fast-paced, historical novel
set during the run up to WW2
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Perfect Middle Grade Series
Montana and her friends
save the forest animals!
Amazon
Winkle and Aster
Urban fantasy that takes
imagination to its limits
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Then We'll Say Goodnight
How would you get your
unruly puppies back to bed?
Amazon
No Free Speech for Hate
Provocative, chilling, topical
and razor-sharp dystopia
by Stephen Ford
The Graffiti Killer
A mind unhinged on
the fulcrum of our age.
by David Milnes
THE SAD PRINCESS
Refinding joy with our
children is not a fairy tale
Amazon
From The Back of a Donkey
Fresh captivating look at the
Christmas Story told by Mary
by Nancy Elaine Hartman Minor
Soul Release
An epic fantasy action
adventure in a world of magic.
Amazon
It Rains in February
A wife's memoir of love,
suicide, grief and loss
Amazon
A Misfortunate Misfit
Incredible true story of a
man saving his own life
Amazon
Around the Globe
The Adventures of Squishy
and Boo, Book 3
Amazon
SIN EATER
A girl with the power to
erase ANY bad memory!
Amazon
Fenix and the Firework Fliers
Can Fenix save the Fireworks
when a firefly gets sick?
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Growing up Hadley
A story to shatter your heart
then mend it anew.
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If Roses Were Blue
Inspiring, heart-warming
adventure for ages 8 & up
Amazon
ANGEL OF ASHES
Award-winning epic YA
fantasy adventure series!
Amazon
SIN EATER
A girl with the power to
erase ANY bad memory!
Amazon
Confidently Mindful
Answers to your most asked
mindfulness questions.
Amazon
LOOK AWAY NO MORE
A story rich in history & love
at a Georgia college in 1970.
Amazon