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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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RAVEN'S GRAVE Charlotte Stuart
Betrayal and death in
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FALSE NEUTRAL
One chance to finally
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Nemesis Rising
"Survival comes with a cost
for Sam …his humanity."
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Comfort in the Wings
A woman’s inspiring quest for
comfort and joy after grief
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Sam & Me & the Hard Pear Tree
A personal account of
a mother’s ultimate loss
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Wartime Secrets, Family Lies
London to life in Washington
in a family of secrets
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LoveVortex ... Drakor's Curse
A voyage into the unknown -
and a terrible curse.
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Crowded platforms Window Seats
One family's adventures
around Europe by train.
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