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The Breadwinner
Groundwood Books 2011; US$ 8.95One day, Parvana's father is arrested by the Taliban -- the extreme religious faction that controls Afghanistan -- and the family is left without anyone to earn money and shop for food. Forbidden to work as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy to save her family. The Breadwinner is the award-winning first book in The Breadwinner Trilogy.... more...
The Shepherd's Granddaughter
Groundwood Books 2011; US$ 8.95Ever since she was a little girl, Amani has wanted to be a shepherd, just like her beloved grandfather, Sido. For generations her family has grazed sheep above the olive groves of the family homestead near Hebron. But now Amani's family home is being threatened by encroaching Jewish settlements. As Amani struggles to find increasingly rare grazing... more...
Children of War
Groundwood Books 2011; US$ 9.95The United States and its allies invaded Iraq seven years ago. Today the country is still at war, and no one can claim that true democracy has come. Four million Iraqis have been displaced, and about half of them, unable to flee the country, are now living in remote tent camps without access to schools, health care, or often even food and clean water.... more...
Mud City
Groundwood Books 2011; US$ 8.95Fourteen-year-old Shauzia dreams of seeing the ocean and eventually making a new life in France, but it is hard to reconcile that dream with the terrible conditions of the Afghan refugee camp where she lives. Making things worse is the camp?s leader, Mrs. Weera, whose demands on Shauzia make her need to escape all the more urgent. Her decision to... more...
Parvana's Journey
Groundwood Books 2011; US$ 8.95The gripping novel, the second book in The Breadwinner Trilogy, tells the story of Parvana's quest to find her family. The Taliban still controls Afghanistan, but Kabul is in ruins, Parvana's father has died, and her mother, sister and brother could be anywhere in the country. Parvana is thirteen now, but she sets out alone, masquerading as a boy.... more...
Banjo of Destiny
Groundwood Books 2011; US$ 8.95Jeremiah Birnbaum is stinking rich. He lives in a house with nine bathrooms, a games room, an exercise room, an indoor pool, a hot tub, a movie theater, a bowling alley and a tennis court. His parents, a former hotdog vendor and window cleaner who made it big in dental floss, make sure Jeremiah goes to the very best private school, and that he takes... more...
The Crazy Man
Groundwood Books 2011; US$ 8.95It is 1965, and 12-year-old Emaline, living on a wheat farm, must deal with a family that is falling apart. When her dog, Prince, chases a hare into the path of the tractor, she chases after him, and her father accidentally runs over her leg, leaving her with a long convalescence and a permanent disability. Even worse, from Emaline?s point of view,... more...
Between Sisters
Groundwood Books 2011; US$ 8.95When sixteen-year-old Gloria fails thirteen out of fifteen subjects on her final exams, her future looks bleak indeed. Her family's resources are meager so the entire family is thrilled when a distant relative, Christine, offers to move Gloria north to Kumasi to look after her toddler son, Sam. In exchange, after two years, Christine will pay for... more...
Broken Memory
Groundwood Books 2011; US$ 8.95Hiding behind the old sofa, five-year-old Emma does not witness the murder of her mother, but she hears everything. And when the assassins finally leave, the young Tutsi girl somehow manages to stumble away from the scene, motivated only by the memory of her mother?s last words: ?You must not die, Emma!? Taken in by an old Hutu woman, Mukecuru, Emma... more...
The Breadwinner Trilogy
Groundwood Books 2011; US$ 16.95Deborah Ellis? trilogy has been a phenomenal success, both critically and commercially. Now young readers can experience this entire epic story in one volume. The Breadwinner is set in Afghanistan, where 11-year-old Parvana lives with her family in a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul. When her father is arrested for the crime of having a foreign... more...









