Finalists 2019
Below is a list of the 2019 FINALISTS 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.
The WINNERS will be announced on April 1st, 2020.
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)
- Red Ribbon Bands
If you happen to be looking for a good read, the readers at The Wishing Shelf Awards thoroughly recommend the following:
Counting on Ha Ha Island
Author: Noni - Sandra Jackson Ford
Illustrator: Lori Lay and Freddy Miller Santana
Wildlife on Ha Ha Island
Author: Noni - Sandra Jackson Ford
Illustrator: Lori Lay and Freddy Miller Santana
Dash and Victoria Find True Love: Pet and Historical Figures Book 2
Author: Vicki Tashman
Illustrator: Wendy All
Undertakers, Harlots, and Other Odd Bodies: A Novel Inspired by Real Events and Smothered in Blarney
Author: Mege Gardner
Abundant Kids Rock! Creating An Awesome Life Using Positive Thinking
Author: Traci L Clayton PhD, Nathan Clayton, Justin Clayton
Feasible Living - Dealing with Ecological Anxiety While Adapting to Our Changing World
Author: Ken Kroes
Inconvenient Memories: A Personal Account of the Tiananmen Square Incident and the China Before and After
Author: Anna Wang
ParentShift: Ten Universal Truths That Will Change the Way You Raise Your Kids
Author: Wendy Thomas Russell
A Red Ribbon is awarded to a book that did NOT get over 30/40 to be a finalist, but was still very much enjoyed by the readers.
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LOVE EVERLASTING
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Sometimes Lovin' is Hurtful
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Love Everlasting
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Accepting My Gay Self
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THE FOREVER KID
Loss, love and remembrance
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Pull A Funny Face
Promoting inclusion however
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Letters from the Dead
Killer seeks revenge
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REGAINING LIFE’S WINDING TRAIL
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CAT DETECTIVES!
Can a cat detective bring
harmony to a family divided?
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TAILS, Finalist 9-12 yrs
'A magical story that
children will love.'
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GUIAMO, Book 1
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Where I Belong
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Penitentiary Tales: Love Story
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Deliverance Mary Fields
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The Staten Island Butcher
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Sons of the Sphinx
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PERHAPS YOU WERE BORN FOR JUST
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HOLLY's HURRICANE
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York City’s past and future.
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THE LEARNING PROJECT
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Welcome your rites of passage.
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Slimmer by Wendy Jayne
'This time she's determined
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Dragonfly Surprise
Heroine with Special Needs.
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Inconvenient Memories
An intimate account of a
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The Phantom of Faerie Mountain
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THE LOST VALOR OF LOVE
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Twelve: A Date with Obsession
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The Fridge Drawings
Money laundering puts
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Curses of Scale
A curse. A fairy. A dragon.
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Billy Blacksmith: Demonslayer
Teenagers vs demonic,
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THE DISAPPEARING DIRECTOR
A mystery with intrigue,
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Formatting and Cover Design
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The Conquistador's Horse
One boy, one horse,
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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
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Sagas and Sea Smoke
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TRUTH AND REVENGE
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London for Immigrant Suckers
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