White Pine Book Club

The White Pine Award™ reading program offers high school-aged teens at all grade levels the opportunity to read the best of Canada's recent young adult fiction titles. Students will read 10 nominated Canadian young adult books and then vote for their favourite book. Based on student voting across the province, the most popular book is then selected and author is honoured with the White Pine Award™.

 The goals of the White Pine Award™ program are

• to promote reading for enjoyment among high school students
• to make students aware of quality Canadian young adult books
• to provide opportunities for students to discuss the nominated titles in an authentic manner

Titles become available in November. Sign your name on the chart and choose which book you would like to read. When you finish your book, add a star beside your name, and choose another book. The White Pine Book Club meets every few weeks to discuss what they've read, snack provided! At the end of April, if you have read at least 5 of the 10 books, you are invited to a celebration to vote for your favourite book.

The list of 2009 titles should be announced Oct. 27. Stay tuned!!

 Past Winners

2008 - Keturah & Lord Death by Martine Leavitt 2008 Nominated Titles
2007 - Shattered by Eric Walters 2007 Nominated Titles
2006 - The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint 2006 Nominated Titles
2005 - More Than You Can Chew by Marnelle Tokio 2005 Nominated Titles
2004 - The First Stone by Don Aker 2004 Nominated Titles
2003 - A Foreign Field by Gillian Chan 2003 Nominated Titles
2002 - Dancing Naked by Shelley Hrdlitschka 2002 Nominated Titles