![]() " have always been a place of peace for me," said Li, adding, "I think that despite whatever happens in the future, people will still try to find solace in whatever nature exists."īoth Zhuang and Li will receive a year of OwlCrate, a book subscription service. Li told CBC Books that the story was inspired by his love for lakes and bodies of water. "With poetic flare, the author leaves the door open for a much larger story of self-discovery." "Evocative language and smart dialogue paint a picture of the cost of climate change on our planet's sources of water," said Sarah Raughley. His story, Still Water, imagines a futuristic world which shows the effects of pollution on our lakes and oceans. Victor Li, a student at The Woodlands Secondary School in Mississauga, Ont., won the Grades 10 to 12 category. All those days spent racking my head for good ideas were worth it!" Zhuang told CBC Books. "I never would've thought I'd win, but here we are. Judge Sarah Raughley said Zhuang's story "explodes with tension" and praised him for "adeptly build an emotional connection between the characters and readers." His story, Fugees, is about refugees and nationalism. Joshua Zhuang, a student at Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute in Toronto, won the Grades 7 to 9 category. The 21 finalists and two eventual winners were chosen from over 1,800 entries submitted in the winter of 2022. Toronto's Joshua Zhuang (left), 15, and Mississauga, Ont.'s Victor Li, 15, have won The 2022 First Page student writing challenge, a national speculative fiction writing competition for Grades 7 to 12 students in Canada.ĬBC Books asked Canadian students to imagine how present-day trends and issues - from climate change to artificial intelligence and factory farming - have played out in the year 2172. ![]()
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