Ellis, Deborah

"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 had to disguise themselves as boys to support themselves and their families. But when the Taliban were defeated in 2001, it looked as if Afghans could finally rebuild their country. Many things have changed for Parvana since then. She has married Asif, who she met in the desert as she searched for her family when she was a child. She runs a school for girls. She has a son, Rafi, who is about to fly to New York, where he will train to become a dancer. But Shauzia is still Parvana's best friend. And Parvana is still headstrong, bringing her in conflict with her spoiled sister Maryam. While Asif tries to get Maryam and Rafi on one of the last flights out of Kabul, the Taliban come to the school, and Parvana must lead the girls out of Green Valley and into the mountains"-- Provided by publisher.

Contains a collection of short stories about various eleven-year-old protagonists whose encounters change them in different ways and expose them to the realities of adulthood.

"[In this] 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"--Google Books.

Presents a collection of interviews with Native American children aged nine to eighteen from North America, focusing on their daily lives, what interests them and what it means to be Native American.

Presents real stories of kids being physically or emotionally bullied, about being bullies themselves, about being a bystander when others are bullied, and about educators who turn a blind eye to bullying. Each individual's story is followed by discussion questions.

Twenty Iraqi children discuss how the War on Terror has affected their lives.

Provides firsthand perspectives on bullying from children ages nine to nineteen and includes discussion questions.

With Kabul in ruins from the Taliban's control, Parvana dresses as a boy and sets out to leave Afghanistan in search of her family.

A collection of anecdotes based on interviews with young people involved in the criminal justice system, ranging in ages from fifteen to twenty-one. The kids in this book represent a range of socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations and ethnicities. Every story is different, but there are common threads ? loss of parenting, dislocation, poverty, truancy, addiction, discrimination.