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 at least 5
of the 10 nominated Canadian young adult books and then vote for
their favourite book in April.  Based on student voting across the province,
the most popular book is then selected and the author is honoured with the
White Pine Award at an award ceremony in Toronto.

   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

The books chosen by the Ontario Library Association for the 2010 White Pine Award reading program are: 

L Book of Michael by Lesley Choyce      

L Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers         

L Getting the Girl by Susan Juby

L Half World by Hiromi Goto

L The Landing by John Ibbitson

L Mostly Happy by Pam Bustin

L The Perfect Cut by Julie Burtinshaw

L Sister Wife by Shelley Hrdlitschka

L The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones                                                               

L Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston 

The Forest of Reading Festival of Trees for the White Pine Program was held at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto on May 12, 2010.  The winner from a student vote across Ontario was Mostly Happy  by Pam Bustin.  Runner-up winners were Sister Wife by Shelly Hrdlitschka and Wonderous Strange by Lesley Livingston.

The White Pine Reading Program will resume again in November.

Note:  The White Pine Reading Program is not a closed Club.  If you think you would enjoy the book being discussed,
          read it and attend the book talk.