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

Breadwinner Collection

Children's Books

OXFORD UP CHILDREN'S

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

Oxford University Press

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.

Mud City

Looking for X

Khyber's life is falling apart. Her mum is talking about sending her twin brothers to a Special School far away. The cool girls in class are picking on her more and more, and her teachers think she's a loser and troublemaker. The only thing that's working out is her friendship with X, a bag lady she meets in the park. But X is scared. She won't tell Khyber her name, saying that the Secret Police are out to get her. When someone smashes all of the school windows one night, everyone's convinced it was Khyber, even her mum - a betrayal that appalls Khyber. Only X can prove that Khyber wasn't anywhere near the school at the time, but X has disappeared. If Khyber is going to find her, she'll have to search Toronto's most dangerous streets at night ...

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Our Canadian Girl Keeley #4 Keeleys Journey

Breadwinner Collection

The Breadwinner (2014)

My Name Is Parvana

The Breadwinner

The Breadwinner

PARVANA'S JOURNEY

Parvana's Journey

Mud City

Looking For X