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"[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generati

"All girls [should read] The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis." — Malala Yousafzai, New York TimesThe three books in Deborah Ellis's Breadwinner trilogy bound into one

Winner of the Governor General's Award and the Mr.

When a flood kills eleven-year-old Andy Flynn's mother and stepfather, the only world he has ever known is gone and he is alone.

Faced with instability on many sides, and living in an outport community in Newfoundland, fifteen-year-old Chris gropes for direction in a family broken apart by unemployment.

Alexandra's beloved grandfather was fond of saying, Life is full of surprises, and sometimes the good and the bad get all bunched up together.

Joint winner of the South Asia Book Award, longlisted for the Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award, selected for the IRA Notable Books for a Global Society List,

I Am a TaxiFor twelve-year-old Diego and his family, home is a prison in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

IRA Notable Books for a Global Society selection Hiding behind an armchair, five-year-old Emma does not witness the murder of her mother, but she hears everything.

Winner of the Casa de las Americas Award, one of the most important prizes given in the Spanish-speaking world Perro Viejo (Old Dog) is an old, worn-out black Cuban slave who just wants to die.

Nominated for the Ottawa Book Award Stan is an intense sixteen-year-old loner who desperately wants to make the junior varsity basketball team.

Parvana es una chica de once años que vive en Kabul, Afganistán, durante la época del gobierno de los talibanes.

Winner of the Sheila A.

Mariano and his friends are helping their parents turn an old Brazilian coffee plantation into an inn. The children sleep in a shed, which is being converted into guest rooms.

In the sequel to Travels With My Family, the family is on the road again -- this time to spend a year in a tiny village in southern France.