Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
I Am a Taxi (Cocalero Novels #1)	Deborah Ellis	For twelve-year-old Diego and his family, home is the San Sebastian Women’s Prison in Cochabamba, Bolivia. His parents farmed coca, a traditional Bolivian medicinal plant, until they got caught in th…	OL15837135W
Jakeman	Deborah Ellis	Jake and his sister Shoshona have been under foster care since their single mother was arrested for possession and trafficking three years before. Both have found their own ways to cope: Shoshona has…	OL15855701W
Sacred leaf	Deborah Ellis	Twelve year old Diego escapes from slavery at an illegal cocaine operation and is taken in by the Ricardos, coca farmers.	OL16024314W
Click	Margo Lanagan,Eoin Colfer,Gregory Maguire,Nick Hornby,Roddy Doyle,David Almond,Linda Sue Park,Tim Wynne-Jones,Deborah Ellis,Ruth Ozeki	Stories within a story, written as separate chapters by ten juvenile authors including Linda Sue Park, Eoin Colfer, and Tim Wynne-Jones, reveal the adventurous life and legacy of George "Gee" Keane, …	OL16025502W
No Safe Place	Deborah Ellis	Finalist for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award Orphaned and plagued with the grief of losing everyone he loves, fifteen-year-old Abdul has made a long, fraught journey from his …	OL16574250W
No Ordinary Day	Deborah Ellis	Valli is an orphan who lives on the streets of Kolkata, India. No matter how bad her life seems, there are people who are worse off than her - the lepers. And then, one day, she finds out that she al…	OL16793853W
Off to War	Deborah Ellis	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. Now she turns her atte…	OL17650584W
The cat at the wall	Deborah Ellis	A cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house on the West Bank that has been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers. The house seems empty, until the cat realizes that a little boy is hiding beneath the …	OL17867991W
Looks like daylight	Deborah Ellis	For two years, Ellis traveled across the United States and Canada interviewing Native children. The result is a compelling collection of interviews with children aged nine to eighteen. They come from…	OL18143577W
The Breadwinner	Deborah Ellis	Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, 11-year-old Parvana has rarely been outdoors. Barred from attending school, shopping at the market, or even playing in the streets of Kabul, the heroine of De…	OL20639649W
Parvana's Journey	Deborah Ellis	Parvana sets out alone to walk across war torn Afghanistan in search of her family. Her mother, sister and little brother are missing and she has just buried her father. A look at the situation in Af…	OL21230657W
Keeley	Deborah Ellis	Takes readers back to the scene of the worst landslide in North America's history - Frank, Alberta (then the Northwest Territories). It was there, in 1901, in the shadow of Turtle Mountain, that mine…	OL24165864W
Parvana's journey	Deborah Ellis	Parvana is alone. A refugee in a land full of dangers, she must travel across Afghanistan to find her mother and sisters. As she travels, Parvana finds many friends. Perhaps, with their help, she may…	OL24290918W
Parvana's Journey (The Breadwinner #2)	Deborah Ellis	In Parvana's Journey, the Taliban still control Afghanistan, but Kabul is in ruins. Parvana's father has just died, and her mother, sister, and brother could be anywhere in the country. Parvana knows…	OL2954212W
Parvana (The Breadwinner #1)	Deborah Ellis	Originally published in Canada as The Breadwinner. There are many types of battle in Afghanistan.Imagine living in a country where women and girls are not allowed to leave the house without a man.…	OL2954222W
The Heaven Shop	Deborah Ellis	Compelling and uplifting, this powerful new work by the author of The Breadwinner trilogy is a contemporary novel that puts a very real face on the African AIDS epidemic, which to date has orphaned m…	OL2954224W