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Books of the Decade

The Wishing Shelf Book Award has now been running for TEN YEARS. To celebrate this, we have announced SIX Best Books of the Decade from our PAST Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal Winners. You will find the books listed below. The readers in our Reading Groups think they are WONDERFUL!

Best Book from the Last Ten Years

Category 1

The Snark, Justin Davis, ill. by Stephanie Jayne

Category 2


Baby Worries, Frances Mackay, ill by Dotti Colvin

Category 3


Shadow Jumper, J M Forster

Category 4


Ben Archer and the Cosmic Fall, Rae Knightly

Category 5


The Poison Keeper, Deborah Swift

Category 6


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

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The Princess and the Spy
A witty and heartfelt
YA fantasy mystery
Amazon


THE WORD GOBBLERS
A handbook for parents whose
children struggle to read
by Catherine Matthias


ARNI'S ADVENTURES
8 charming, silly, comic
stories to laugh at & enjoy.
Amazon


Lines in the Sand
Edgy and isolating. A perfect
memoir of loss and endurance.
F. Scott Service





The Bride's Trunk
A gripping true story of
Anglo-German reconciliation
Amazon


The Monster Bones of...
A time travel mystery about
an ancient skeleton for kids.
by Linda Maria Frank


My Solo Wedding in Santorini
A true story. Honest,
thought-provoking & funny .
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HABITAT MAN
Midlife crisis meets eco-
fiction in heartwarming romcom
Amazon