Cassandra Knapman<\/p>\n
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Every year, ten books are put forth into a literary competition of epic proportions. They call this legendary competition White Pine. Ten Canadian fiction novels are selected to be read and voted on by students across Canada. One book gets the distinction of being the White Pine selected book for that year.\u00a0\u00a0This year\u2019s books ranged from post-apocalyptic tales to a story about an Indian trickster and some raccoons. The wide difference in topics offers something different for each reader. Finding five books to interest one enough is hardly difficult with White Pine\u2019s usual spectrum (five books is the necessary amount to read and be able to vote at the end of White Pine).\u00a0The end of White Pine is marked with a wonderful voting party\u2014we actually get to eat in the
\nlibrary! Though this year\u2019s party was full of chocolate chip cookies and a distinct
\nlack of pizza, we still enjoyed our usual games. Besides voting for our favourite
\nbook, we also answered quiz questions. The prize? One of the wonderful books
\nselected for this year\u2019s White Pine. Soon, several NT students will head to
\nHarbourfront to meet and greet with the authors, rounding off this year\u2019s White
\nPine. So what will next year\u2019s White Pine bring? Well, you\u2019ll just have to wait
\nand see, because there are definitely going to be some excellent books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cassandra Knapman Every year, ten books are put forth into a literary competition of epic proportions. They call this legendary competition White Pine. Ten Canadian fiction novels are selected to be read and voted on by students across Canada. … Continue reading