Ellis, Deborah

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The breadwinner

2001
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.

No safe place

2010
Fifteen-year-old Abdul, having lost everyone he loves, journeys from Baghdad to a migrant community in Calais where he sneaks aboard a boat bound for England, not knowing it carries a cargo of heroin, and when the vessel is involved in a skirmish and the pilot killed, it is up to Abdul and three other young stowaways to complete the journey.

Jackal in the garden

an encounter with Bihzad
2006
Born deformed, Anibus is considered cursed and is left in the desert to die, but after being rescued and raised in secret, she leads a nomadic life, finding acceptance with a colony of artists which includes Kamal al-Din Bihzad, the most famous master of Persian painting.

True blue

2012
Jess, a camp counselor, struggles to find the moral courage to remain loyal to her best friend, Casey, who has been accused of murdering an eight year old girl at summer camp.

Looking for X

2003
When eleven-year-old Khyber's life falls apart, she searches for a homeless woman whom she befriended.

The breadwinner trilogy

2009
Contains three novels that look at conditions in Afghanistan under the control of the Taliban through the experiences of Parvana and Shauzia, two young girls who must disguise themselves as boys in order to be able to move about freely and help their families and the people of their country.

Bifocal

2007
A novel told from the points of view of Jay, a white football player, and Haroon, a family-oriented Muslim student, in which tensions rise along racial lines at a high school after a boy is arrested for suspected terrorist affiliations.

Looking for X

2000
When eleven-year-old Khyber's life falls apart, she searches for a homeless woman whom she befriended.

Sacred leaf

2007
Diego Juarez finds sanctuary with the Ricardo family after escaping an illegal cocaine operation, but his safe haven is destroyed when the army destroys the family's crop and livelihood and Diego joins a protest of the government's actions, which leads to a dramatic standoff.

Three wishes

Palestinian and Israeli children speak
2006
Presents the words of young people between the ages of eleven and eighteen in which they share what it is like to live in the midst of the upheaval and violence of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

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