Winners 2019
Below is a list of the 2019 WINNERS 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.
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- 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)
If you happen to be looking for a good read, the readers at The Wishing Shelf Awards thoroughly recommend the following:
Gold
Inconvenient Memories: A Personal Account of the Tiananmen Square Incident and the China Before and After
Author: Anna Wang
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The Book Witch
A thrilling, fast paced
fantasy book for MGs
Amazon
THE COIN
CAN FINDING A COIN
GET YOU KILLED?
books2read
AT RECEPTION
Will Sally fall for the charms
of a guest? ADULT FICTION
by Galahad Porter
Clifftop Farm in Wartime
A story of WW2
evacuated children
Amazon
Sea Change by Nick Bamford
'A gay romance and adventure
on a yacht at sea'
nickbamford.com
Angry Arthur
and The Run Around Trick
Learn to manage big feelings
Amazon
Growing up Hadley
A story to shatter your heart
then mend it anew.
danawritesbooks
The Crooked Ladder
It's time to climb...
or die
Amazon
THE ART IN MY PALM
Queer coming-of-age tale
set in Cyprus & Australia.
by Luke Icarus Simon
The Stranger of Ul Darak BK 1
A new intriguing epic
high fantasy series
sceston.com
Truth Was Once Taboo
New humanity, ancient
wisdom: spirituality reborn.
Amazon
TALE OF THE ENGLISH TEMPLAR
Resistance to tyranny starts
with an act of compassion
by Helena P Schrader
The Shadow Deception
Can a pranking pixie and a
grumpy angel save the world?
Amazon
THE GIFT OF BELONGING
A compelling tale of love,
war & finding your way
by Cheryl Burman
Adventures of Beryl and Carol
Award winning, clean teen
adventure for all ages.
berylandcarol
My Solo Wedding in Santorini
A true story. Honest,
thought-provoking & funny .
blogaboutl
Mother To Elephants
A Beautiful Tale of
Care and Compassion
Amazon
Story and Structure
A book on story: 'beats Joseph
Campbell at his own game.'
Amazon
Chronicles of MatiLou/PerryAnn
Through it all the girls work
to save Mother Earth.
Amazon
Of Mountains and Seas
A multigenerational urban
fantasy mystery.
Amazon
The Source of The Wind
A powerful & tender women's
fiction novel with soul
by Ella Capek
SECRET SKY
Everybody wishes they could
fly - until it happens
books2read.com
Nantucket Monsters
Island monsters on the sly,
live in the corner your eye
B. LAWSON HULL
A Rage To Live
A true boys' coming of age
story set during the Holocaust
Amazon
The Pathology of Graphology
Two citizens of the lower
depths kill an aging DJ.
by David Milnes
HABITAT MAN
Midlife crisis meets eco-
fiction in heartwarming romcom
Amazon
DOWN TO EARTH
Master the art of combining
logic with intuition
Amazon
The Day After His Crucifixion
Jesus' women followers
finally tell their stories
by Merikay McLeod
Finn's Funny Feelings
Helping children to manage
emotions in a healthy way
Amazon