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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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JUST RIVER
Hilarious and grave.
A story of resilience.
Amazon


Connecting Threads
A graphic memoir of
resilience and hope
Amazon


The Mystery of the Lost Avenge
Multilevel story/ghost/romance
forensics/WWII/espionage
Linda Maria Frank


TREACHERY!
A WW2 child
evacuee thriller
Amazon





Lucy Wants To go To School
Perfect for apprehensive
children starting school
Amazon


CHARLES DARWIN...
An entertaining learning
resource for curious kids.
www.alanhesse.com


Nemesis Rising
"Survival comes with a cost
for Sam …his humanity."
Amazon


The Boy and the Big White Rock
'...rewarding memoir of coming
of age in the 1960s.' KIRKUS
Barnes and Noble