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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 WELL
A cleverly plotted YA fantasy
packed full of suspense.
Amazon


A Misfortunate Misfit
Incredible true story of a
man saving his own life
Amazon


I Never Said I Love You
A story of travel, friendship,
forgiveness, & roads not taken
Amazon


A Rage To Live
A true boys' coming of age
story set during the Holocaust
Amazon





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


THE TRALL SERIES
Middle-grade portal
fantasies set in Australia.
by Gayle Torrens


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


FALSE NEUTRAL
One chance to finally
make sense of it all.
Amazon