Winners 2016
Below is a list of the 2016 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
Zak and Jen's Astronomical Adventures: The Petal Planet
Author: Natalie Page, (Illustrator, Chris Rivers Nuttall)
Illustrator:
Bronze
A Fish in Foreign Waters, A Book for Bilingual Children
Author: Laura Caputo-Wickham and Pamela Goodman
Illustrator:
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SEA CHANGE
Gay romance and adventure
on a yacht at sea
Nick Bamford
REVOLUTION
A contemporary
satirical novel
Amazon
Children of the Knight
When the children rise,
will the city fall?
Amazon
Plague of Flies
A young Latina fights to save
her people and land.
Amazon
The Shadow and the Scream
Stranger Things meets
Alice in Wonderland.
Amazon
My Therapy Assistant
Self-Care Journal
& Mood Tracker
YouTube
The Accidental Boyfriend
Slightly steamy, fake dating,
celebrity young adult romcom
lorifreeland
Ian's Realm Saga
A 7 book adventure fantasy
series for the family.
gardnersart.com
CATNIP
Cosy mystery with catnapping,
murder and a dash of romance.
Amazon
CLEAR-CUTS
In 72 hours, a legend, a lore
& 2 brothers will all collide
Amazon
The Last Spiritwalker
Blood, magic, myths &
a badass female lead
Amazon
SIN EATER
A girl with the power to
erase ANY bad memory!
Amazon
Esme and Griswald
A WITCH in search of a
POTION to save her PRINCE
Amazon
Moving Men by Karene Horst
A modern novel, relationships
% the scars they leave behind
Flying Trees Publishing
THE IMPROBABLE WONDERS OF
MOOJIE LITTLEMAN "Visionary,
magical, rich" -MC WEEKLY
Amazon
Jemma and the Raven
A luminous adventure in
this epic YA fantasy debut
Amazon
Look 'N Up Invasion
Celebrate diversity by
imagining a world without it.
looknup.us
Finding Karen Black
The heartwarming mother-
daughter reunion story
Amazon
A First Book of Microbiology
A fun learning journey
down the microscope lens.
Amazon
Exclusion Zone
The VORKOSIGAN SAGA
meets DIE HARD.
Amazon
THE CURIST
Abby Steel hunts an evil
killer. Can he be caught?
Amazon
The Open Book
A family memoir of adventure,
trauma, & resilience
Amazon
Me Here Without You Now
A love story AFTER
the love story
Amazon/Apple
THE LIGHTNESS OF WATER
"A refined fantasy adventure”
- Silver Medal, TWSA
books2read.com
Love in the Cupboard
A sweet, clean Catholic Priest
seeks a wife rom-com
Amazon
Pebbles and the Biggest Number
A butterfly’s quest to
find the largest number
Amazon
Growing up Hadley
A story to shatter your heart
then mend it anew.
danawritesbooks
Digging Deep by Dexter Hutt
She can cope with murder -
but what about betrayal?
Amazon
A Vampire's Tooth Fairy Chase
A vampire with flat teeth
searches for the Tooth Fairy.
Amazon