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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.

Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award In this urban adventure story, Khyber, a smart, bold, eleven-year-old girl from a poor neighborhood, sets out to find her friend X, a mysterious

A cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house on the West Bank that has just been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers.

"All girls [should read] The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis." — Malala Yousafzai, New York TimesThe first book in Deborah Ellis’s riveting Breadwinner series is

The second book in the internationally-bestselling series that includes The Breadwinner, Mud City and My Name Is ParvanaA war is raging in Afghanistan as a coalition of Western forces tries to oust

Based on interviews with a young woman forced to flee Iran because of her sexual orientation, Moon at Nine is a tense and riveting novel that shines a light on an issue of social injustice that con

A person doesn't have to do anything important to get recognition anymore; it's enough to know someone who does. Parasitic fame.

Sequel to Conjuring the Flesh Victory carries a price. Thane and Ander snatched the promise of immortality from a tyrant’s grasp, but now the zamindar will stop at nothing to regain what he lost.

Sequel to Apprenticed to Pleasure Ander’s days as a musician in a hall of companions are over.

As a musician in Pella’s finest brothel, Ander thought he knew all about sex between men. He was wrong.

This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Duncan is very angry.

Rhan knows what it means to bear the daemon’s visible mark. The Empire claimed and culled his childhood friend, and he has never forgiven the government for its callousness.