Society of School Librarians International Honor Book Deborah Ellis has been widely praised for her gripping books portraying the plight of children in war-torn countries.
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Author:Ellis, Deborah
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Ellis, Deborah
Summary:Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award In this urban adventure story, Khyber, a smart, bold, eleven-year-old girl from a poor neighborhood, sets out to find her friend X, a mysterious
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Ellis, Deborah
Summary:A cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house on the West Bank that has just been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers.
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Ellis, Deborah
Summary:"All girls [should read] The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis." — Malala Yousafzai, New York TimesThe first book in Deborah Ellis’s riveting Breadwinner series is
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Ellis, Deborah
Summary:The second book in the internationally-bestselling series that includes The Breadwinner, Mud City and My Name Is ParvanaA war is raging in Afghanistan as a coalition of Western forces tries to oust
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Ellis, Deborah
Summary:Based on interviews with a young woman forced to flee Iran because of her sexual orientation, Moon at Nine is a tense and riveting novel that shines a light on an issue of social injustice that con
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Ellis, Deborah
Summary:A person doesn't have to do anything important to get recognition anymore; it's enough to know someone who does. Parasitic fame.
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Ferguson, Julie H.
,Henighan, Tom
,Maes, Nicholas
,Larsen, Wayne
,Stewart, Sharon
,Knowles, Valerie
,Lahey, D.T.
,Butts, Edward
,Leavey, Peggy Dymond
Summary:Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history.
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Fitzgerald, Judith
,Labrèche-Larouche, Michelle
,Braid, Kate
,Rigelhof, T.F.
,Plante, Raymond
,Slade, Arthur
,Wilson, John
,Bridge, Kathryn
,Stewart, Roderick
,Stewart, Sharon
,Macpherson, Margaret
,Goodall, Lian
,Paulin, Marguerite
,Legaré, Francine
,Evans, Gary
,Cowley, Deborah
,Shardlow, Tom
,Kirk, Heather
,Cimon, Anne
,Vanasse, André
,Larsen, Wayne
,Henighan, Tom
,Maes, Nicholas
,Ferguson, Julie H.
,Knowles, Valerie
,Lahey, D.T.
,Butts, Edward
,Leavey, Peggy Dymond
,Sadlier, Rosemary
,Argyle, Ray
,Tidridge, Nathan
,Martin, Ged
Summary:This special bundle contains the first thirty-five books in the Quest Biography series, which profiles the lives of Canadians who have had a profound effect on their country and the world.
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Ferguson, Julie H.
,Henighan, Tom
,Maes, Nicholas
,Larsen, Wayne
,Stewart, Sharon
Summary:Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history.
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Lahey, D. T.
,Henighan, Tom
,Wilson, John
,Shardlow, Tom
,Bridge, Kathryn
,Legaré, Francine
Summary:Presenting six titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. Canada is a vast land with many remote regions to be explored.
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Henighan, Tom
Summary:When Hawk’s baseball coach tells him how Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run nearby, the question arises: what happened to the baseball? Bullies, baseball, and kids who defy the odds.
Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction - Author:
Henighan, Tom
Summary:Fifteen-year-old Rigg, son of Leif Eriksson, loves mystery and adventure.
Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction - Author:
Henighan, Tom
Summary:Short-listed for the 2007 Ottawa Book Award for Fiction When 17-year-old Rigg and his friend Ari hang a marauding wolf in the wilds of medieval Greenland, they get much more than they bargained fo
Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction - Author:
Henighan, Tom
Summary:Born in Manitoba of Icelandic parents, Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879-1962) became one of Canada’s most famous and controversial Arctic explorers.