Deborah Ellis
Author
Series
Breadwinner series volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.
Author
Series
Breadwinner series volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
The fourth book in the internationally bestselling series that includes The Breadwinner, Parvana's Journey and Mud City.
In this stunning sequel, Parvana, now fifteen, is found in a bombed-out school and held as a suspected terrorist by American troops in Afghanistan.
On a military base in Afghanistan, after the fall of the Taliban in 2001, American authorities have just imprisoned a teenaged girl found in a bombed-out
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Publisher
Groundwood Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
Shortlisted for the SYRCA 2013 Diamond Willow Award, selected as an American Library Association 2012 Notable Children's Book, a Booklist Editors' Choice, nominated for the OLA Golden Oak Tree Award, and a finalist for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards: Young Adult/Middle Reader Award, the Governor General's Literary Awards: Children's Text and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award
There's
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Publisher
Groundwood Books Ltd
Language
English
Formats
Description
Since its publication in 2000, hundreds of thousands of children all over the world have read and loved The Breadwinner, the fictional story of eleven-year-old Parvana living in Kabul under the terror of the Taliban. But what happened to Afghanistan's children after the fall of the Taliban in 2001? In 2011, Deborah Ellis went to Kabul to find out.
The twenty-six boys and girls featured
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Series
Publisher
Groundwood Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
The Breadwinner
The first book in Deborah Ellis's riveting Breadwinner series is an award-winning novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances during the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan in the late 1990s.
Parvana's Journey
In 2001, a war is raging in Afghanistan as a coalition of Western forces tries to oust the Taliban by bombing the country. Parvana's father has died, and her mother,
...6) Mud City
Author
Series
Breadwinner series volume 3
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
20150501
Language
English
Description
Originally published in hardcover in 2003 by Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press. Published in 2015 with additional content.
Author
Series
Breadwinner series volume 5
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"It's 2021, and the Taliban have regained power in Afghanistan. Parvana and Shauzia, the brave protagonists of The Breadwinner, must now flee to escape new dangers from an old enemy. In Kabul, 15-year-old Damsa runs away to avoid being forced into marriage by her family. She is found by a police officer named Shauzia, who takes her to Green Valley, a shelter and school for women and girls run by Parvana. It has been 20 years since Parvana and Shauzia...
Author
Publisher
Edicones Castillo
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Español
Description
Found wandering alone in a bombed-out Afghan school, 15-year-old Parvana mystifies American military forces by remaining silent, while spending her time remembering the past four years of her life, having been reunited with her mother and sisters and living in a village where her mother has finally managed to open a school for girls.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Eleven-year-old Kate lives with her grandmother, who runs a junk shop in a big old house on the outskirts of town. It sometimes feels sad to be in the business of collecting other people's leftover stuff, but Kate knows sad. She's a bit lonely, and she doesn't remember her mother, who left long ago. Still, Kate dreams that one day her mother will return, and when she does, she'll need money. So Kate sets out to make some, just in case. At first she...
Author
Publisher
Castillo
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Español
Description
Parvana es una chica afgana que acaba de perder a su padre. Sola, emprende un viaje para encontrar al resto de su familia. Para sobrellevar su situación, Parvana escribe cartas a Shauzia, una amiga de su antigua escuela. En ellas, le habla de sus sueños y de los niños que conoce en el camino: Asif, Leila y Hassan, un bebé huérfano. Juntos, los cuatro irán en busca de una vida mejor en un país asolado por la guerra y la miseria.
After her father's...
11) No cualquier día
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Castillo
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
Valli pasa sus diás recogiendo carbón en Jharia, un poblado de la India. Vive con sus tíos y primos, y le han dicho que sus papás murieron, pero eso no parece preocuparle demasiado. En realidad, su temor más grande son los monstruos que están al otro lado de las vías del tren, Un día, su prima Elamma le confiesa que sus papás no están muertos y que le dieron en adopción a cambio de dinero. Sin motivos para quedarse en Jharia, Valli decide...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
"Clare was just a regular American girl who only had to deal with normal middle-school problems--staying under the teacher's radar, bullying her sister and the uncool kids at school, outsmarting her clueless parents. But that was before she died and came back to life as a cat, in a place with a whole different set of rules for survival. Soon she is in the middle of a complicated, unpredictable and dangerous situation. Israeli soldiers with guns, angry...
Author
Publisher
Castillo de la lectura
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
Español
Description
Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.
14) Sit
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The seated child. With a single powerful image, Deborah Ellis draws our attention to nine children and the situations they find themselves in, often through no fault of their own. In each story, a child makes a decision and takes action, be that a tiny gesture or a life-altering choice."-- Provided by publisher.
15) Step
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In this powerful collection of short stories, children around the world turn eleven and take a step into their futures. Each one is changed in ways both big and small. Annoyed at having to walk his sister's dog on his birthday, Connor heads into an undeveloped subdivision, where he comes across chilling evidence of a stranger's unhappiness. A girl sneaks away from her class camping trip to a local conservation area and experiences, for the first...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Since its publication in 2000, hundreds of thousands of children all over the world have read and loved The Breadwinner. By reading the story of eleven-year-old Parvana and her struggles living under the terror of the Taliban, young readers came to know the plight of children in Afghanistan. But what has happened to Afghanistan's children since the fall of the Taliban in 2001? In 2011, Deborah Ellis went to Kabul to find out. She interviewed children...
17) Transforming supply chains: realign your business to better serve customers in a disruptive world
Author
Publisher
Pearson
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
John Gattorna and Deborah Ellis are long-term collaborators on the design and management of enterprise supply chains. Dr John Gattorna has been one of the most influential voices in the development of the modern supply chain. His long-held vision of the supply chain as the central nervous system of an organisation and as a major source of competitive advantage if done well has inspired both supply chain professionals and CEOs. To support this vision,...
18) The breadwinner
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
Parvana is an eleven-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom, and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she embarks on a quest to find her father and reunite her...
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