Winners 2018
Below is a list of the 2018 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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Building The Beast:
The Comic Memoir
of a Crazy Idea!
Amazon
1066 WHAT FATES IMPOSE
An epic struggle for
the English Crown
by G. K. Holloway
SIN EATER
A girl with the power to
erase ANY bad memory!
Amazon
MILLIE'S RAINBOW
Beautiful picture book.
Kindness and rainbows.
by Hilary Hawkes
No Free Speech for Hate
Provocative, chilling, topical
and razor-sharp dystopia
by Stephen Ford
The Book of Jack
Candid and inspiring story of
coming to terms with suicide.
F. Scott Service
It Rains in February
A wife's memoir of love,
suicide, grief and loss
Amazon
More Future Dreams/Nightmares
Award-winning SF short
stories of AIs and robots.
Donald Firesmith
THE DARKWOLF SAGA (YA)
Embark on a harrowing journey
into fantasy and adventure.
Amazon
Millie’s Magic
The little mouse
with a big heart.
Amazon
The Crooked Ladder
It's time to climb...
or die
Amazon
The Halloween Candy MONSTER
Jimmy teaches the Halloween
candy monster a lesson
Amazon
Sam & Me & the Hard Pear Tree
A personal account of
a mother’s ultimate loss
Amazon
WELCOME TO OPINE
Homo Sapiens 2.0: Will genetic
blessing be their undoing?
Amazon
THE FOUNDLING
A foundling rises to
reclaim his stolen birthright
Amazon
Naked in the Now
What if presence felt like
being seduced by life?
Amazon
DRAGONDAH
The Secret Legacy
of Ottillee Bottomly
Amazon
TAILS
A magical story children will
love; and probably adults too.
by WJ Scott
RAVEN'S GRAVE Charlotte Stuart
Betrayal and death in
an Alaskan Tlingit village.
Amazon
POLO IN BRAZIL (BOOK 5)
A fast-paced MG graphic
novel exploring climate action
The Adventures of Captain Polo
The Coach Trip
A light- hearted,
mid-life, comedy romance.
by Morag Clarke
Plea to a Frozen God
A desperate trio appeals
to the God of Death.
Amazon
ULTIMATE OBSESSION
A cracking murder/mystery
packed with twists and turns.
Dai Henley
Tally and the Angel
Unstoppable middle-grade
adventures around the world!
by Eleanor Dixon
GOING UNDER THE RADAR
Honest, insightful, battling
autism/mental health - TWSA
Amazon
Clifftop Farm in Wartime
A story of WW2
evacuated children
Amazon
SOUTH KOREA
Where old traditions and
modern change collide.
by John Gonzalez
The Shadow Deception
Can a pranking pixie and a
grumpy angel save the world?
Amazon
The Gates of Dark Death
The story of the last woman
to escape the Tower of London
by Alan Reynolds