Ellis, Deborah
Summary: "In this powerful collection of short stories, children around the world turn eleven and take a step into their futures. Each one is changed in ways both big and small. Annoyed at having to walk his sister's dog on his birthday, Connor heads into an undeveloped subdivision, where he comes across chilling evidence of a stranger's unhappiness. A girl sneaks away from her class camping trip to a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ELLEllis, Deborah
Summary: "Deborah Ellis traveled to Afghanistan to find out how the kids of Kabul are faring."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 ELLEllis, Deborah
Summary: The first book in Deborah Elliss riveting Breadwinner series is an award-winning novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances during the Talibans rule in Afghanistan. Eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistans capital city. Parvanas father a history teacher until his school was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2000
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Ellis, Deborah
Summary: Children from the Palestinian and Israeli world talk about how the Arab-Israeli conflict has affected their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 956.04 ELLSummary: Parvana is an eleven-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom, and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRESummary: Collects personal accounts from teenagers representing diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, describing the factors that shaped their lives and how they found themselves in legal trouble and the steps they are currently taking to rehabilitate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 364.36 MYTanaka, Shelley
Summary: Young Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan. Because Parvana's father has a foreign education, he is arrested by the Taliban. Women cannot appear in public unless covered head to toe, go to school, or work outside the home, so the family becomes increasingly desperate until Parvana conceives a plan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press 2018