Books of 2009: Youth
For the past two years, I’ve had the great pleasure of giving a lecture as part of a mini-course in Communications for youth at the University of Ottawa. When I was thinking about creating this book list for 2009, I thought it would be a good idea to ask a couple of former students to submit their picks and thankfully, they took me up on it! Here are two grade 10 students’ picks for the best book they read in 2009. Emily Wong, Grade 10, Ottawa Ontario Book of 2009: The Shelters of Stone: Earth’s Children by Jean M. Auel “My pick is not mainstream, I think I’m...
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Here’s the first post in my series of “Books of 2009″ where I asked a variety of Canadians to share with us the best book that they read in 2009. Tonight’s edition presents you with picks chosen by our political leaders. Enjoy! Paul Dewar, MP Ottawa Centre (NDP) Book of 2009: The Book Of Negroes by Lawrence Hill “Well written, vast in its setting and engaging characters. What most impressed me about the book was the sublime way it reminds us as Canadians that we were engaged in the slave trade and that while we were one of the first jurisdictions to...
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