1903: Suddenly left an orphan by a rockslide, Keeley decides to travel to Winnipeg to find Cora Hind, the reporter who befriended her, rather than live with her grandparents in Lethbridge.When Keeley arrives at Cora’s apartment, a young Nellie McClung lets her in and gives her a warm place to sleep. Upon discovering that there’s no work for young female reporters at the Winnipeg Free Press, Keeley contacts her grandparents and receives their blessing to head back to her best friend and her hometown of Frank—where she knows she belongs.

Our Canadian Girl Keeley #4 Keeleys Journey

Ellis, Deborah

Literature & Fiction

Penguin Canada

Life is bustling in Frank, Alberta, with more new settlers arriving every day in the booming mining town. Keeley is busier than ever, hatching plans for her newspaper and preparing for the upcoming spelling bee. She's bound and determined to outspell Peter! 
Everything changes, however, when a disastrous landslide leaves much of Frank in ruins, struggling for survival. Worst of all, Keeley's father is missing, and all she can do is desperately hope that he is still alive.

Our Canadian Girl Keeley #3 Keeley and the Mountain

The Breadwinner Collection

Children's Books

Oxford University Press

Afghanistan: Parvana's father is arrested and taken away by Taliban soldiers. Under Taliban law, women and girls are not allowed to leave the house on their own. Parvana, her mother, and sisters are prisoners in their own home. With no man to go out to buy food, they face starvation. So Parvana must pretend to be a boy to save her family. It is a dangerous plan, but their only chance. In fear, she goes out - and witnesses the horror of landmines, the brutality of the Taliban, and the desperation of a country trying to survive. But even in despair lies hope . . . Deborah Ellis has been to Afghan refugee camps and has listened to many stories like Parvana's.

The Breadwinner (2014)

Oxford University Press España, S.A.

My Name Is Parvana

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Afghanistan: Parvana's father is arrested and taken away by the Taliban solders. Under Taliban law, women and girls are not allowed to leave home. Parvana, her mother and sisters must stay inside. Four days later, the food runs out. They face starvation.So Parvana must pretend to be a boy. It is a dangerous plan, but their only chance. In fear she goes out - and witnesses the horror of avoiding landmines, and the brutality of the Taliban. She suffers beatings and the desperation of trying to survive. But even in despair lies hope* The media is bombarding children with images. How are they to understand the reality of a girl's life under Taliban rule? This book tells about real life in Afghanistan.* By an award-winning author, this novel tells the story of Parvana, who must disguise herself as a boy to save her mother and sisters from starvation.* Based on impeccable research in an Aghan refugee camp.* An honest, heart-breaking and positive story of an act of enormous courage and creative survival in an intolerable environment.

The Breadwinner

AFGHANISTAN: Parvana's father is arrested and taken away by the Taliban soldiers. Under Taliban law, women and girls are not allowed to leave the house on their own. Parvana, her mother, and sisters must stay inside. Four days later, the food runs out. They face starvation. So Parvana must pretend to be a boy to save her family. It is a dangerous plan, but their only chance. In fear she goes out - and witnesses the horror of landmines, and the bruality of the Taliban. She suffers beatings and the desperation of trying to survive. But even in despair lies hope

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Oxford Univ. Pr.

uncreased copy, light edge wear, lightly tanned pages

PARVANA'S JOURNEY

Teen & Young Adult

Parvana's Journey

Action & Adventure

OUP Oxford

Shauzia is Parvana's friend from The Breadwinner. Now Shauzia has fled from Afghanistan, to a refugee camp in Pakistan. But Shauzia has a dream. She dreams of getting away from the refugee camp and travelling to France. There she knows she would find a better life, away from the war in her home country of Afghanistan But escape is not so easy. Once she leaves the camp, she has no money, no food - and only her dog Jasper for company. But Shauzia is determined to find a new future for herself This is another deeply moving story from Deborah Ellis, which casts light for readers on the ongoing human situation in Afghanistan.

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Our Canadian Girl Keeley #4 Keeleys Journey

Our Canadian Girl Keeley #3 Keeley and the Mountain

The Breadwinner Collection

The Breadwinner (2014)

My Name Is Parvana

The Breadwinner

The Breadwinner

PARVANA'S JOURNEY

Parvana's Journey

Mud City