
Finalists 2017
Below is a list of the 2017 FINALISTS 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.
The WINNERS will be announced on April 1st, 2018.
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)
- Red Ribbon Bands
If you happen to be looking for a good read, the readers at The Wishing Shelf Awards thoroughly recommend the following:

My Best Friend Is a Secret Agent: How Chip Became C.H.I.P. and Foiled the Freaky Fuzzy Invasion
Author: Richard Clark

Blindsided by His Betrayal: Surviving the Shock of Your Husband’s Infidelity
Author: Dr. Caroline Madden

Hardbarned! One Man’s Quest for Meaningful Work in the American South
Author: Christopher J. Driver

Henry: A Polish Swimmer’s True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
Author: Katrina Shawver

I Hear You: The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships
Author: Michael S Sorensen

Moving Beyond the Unspoken Grief: A doctor’s memoir of her own IVF journey as a patient
Author: Dr. Sarah Lnyy
A Red Ribbon is awarded to a book that did NOT get over 30/40 to be a finalist, but was still very much enjoyed by the readers.

Red Ribbon
Breaking the Fourth Wall: An Uncertain Journey on Turkey's Lycian Way
Author: Michelle Sevigny
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Sam & Me & the Hard Pear Tree
A personal account of
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Pumpkin King Saves Christmas
How Santa became jolly with
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Literary Historical Fiction
Karma and horses drive one
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Pebbles and the Biggest Number
A butterfly’s quest to
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Truth Was Once Taboo
New humanity, ancient
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Bentley's Fantabulous Idea
Embark on a whimsical colorful
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Touch of the Whimsy
Witty fantasy, this Castaway
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SIN EATER
A girl with the power to
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THE NIGHT SLAYER
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Writing in a Nutshell
Writing Workshops to
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The Book Witch
A thrilling, fast paced
fantasy book for MGs
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MEMOIR OF A MANGLED MIND
Three minds. One body.
And nobody is safe.
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The Stranger of Ul Darak BK 1
A new intriguing epic
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Look 'N Up Invasion
Celebrate diversity by
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THE SOCIETY
A NATION is on the brink...
Only 1 woman can stop it
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An Enemy Like Me
A story not only of war but of
love & what we will do for it.
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Irish Famine Novel
My novel Hungry Trails
celebrates family resilience
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DON'T DOUBT THE RAINBOW series
Crime-busting teen
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A Novel about Life...and death
Will a mom's superhuman
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A First Book of Microbiology
A fun learning journey
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EVERKNIGHT
A Heroic Journey of
Uncompromising Honor
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SOUL WALK
Unexpected Gifts of Grief and
Connection to Those in Spirit
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Changing Tide
A Thrilling First
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The Putaway Monster
A delightful mystery to
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Rainbow Cat and Mouse
How a hungry cat and a feisty
mouse become best friends
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I FEEL YOUR STARE
An Autobiography by Cheryl
Gillespie - Book Award Winner!
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TREACHERY!
A WW2 child
evacuee thriller
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Love in the Cupboard
A sweet, clean Catholic Priest
seeks a wife rom-com
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THE GRAVITY OF LIES
WHAT IF YOUR WHOLE LIFE
WAS BASED ON LIES?
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INTO THE BLAZE
A new trilogy where fantasy,
myth, and reality entwine
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DEAR JAMES
I know it's been 20 years, but
I needed to tell you I'm sorry
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Wild Asses of Mojave Desert
“Funny & tender, moving &
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Glitching Souls - Steve Kenney
Neil can read minds...
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Day & Night
A behind the scenes tour
and evening immersion!
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BURT, THE AIRPORT CAT
Follow Burt, the black cat,
on a fun family adventure
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Esme and Griswald
A WITCH in search of a
POTION to save her PRINCE
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❜Twas the Day of Christmas
Join Marco, Pet Pom Dog
and Santa for the Holidays
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My Year at the Good Bean Café
Weird and inexplicable events
and their effect on our lives
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Anna and the Adders
A rhyming counting book
to get little ones learning
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I Never Said I Love You
A story of travel, friendship,
forgiveness, & roads not taken
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Gollogans of Carrickgollogan
An exciting woodland
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Popina & Slumberina
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Growth and Self Discovery
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THE SAD PRINCESS
Refinding joy with our
children is not a fairy tale
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THE IMPROBABLE WONDERS OF
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Me and My Shadow
Honest reflection how cancer
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The Great Migration
Survive valley. Stop outbreak.
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Clifftop Farm in Wartime
A story of WW2
evacuated children
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The Halloween Candy MONSTER
Jimmy teaches the Halloween
candy monster a lesson
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Children Who Dance in the Rain
A children's book about
gratitude and self-discovery.
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The Toad from Outer Space
A cautionary tale about a
toad-ily historic space flight
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LOOK AWAY NO MORE
A story rich in history & love
at a Georgia college in 1970.
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The Boy from the Night Sky
Thrilling fantasy adventure
for all ages.
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MEMOIR OF A MANGLED MIND
Steve's 2 other personalities
wreak havoc all around him
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The Shadow Deception
Can a pranking pixie and a
grumpy angel save the world?
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50 SECRETS NOBODY TELLS YOU IN
IN HOLLYWOOD Helping actors
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Terracolina-A Place to Belong
A fantasy to delight middle-
graders and nature lovers.
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