In a rehabilitation center for disabled children, twelve-year-old Nora says she loves the color pink and chewing gum and explains that the wheels of her wheelchair are like her legs. Eleven-year-old Mohammad describes how his house was...
Children and war
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Author:Ellis, DeborahSummary: -
Author:Milway, Katie SmithSummary:Separated from his family when they were forced to flee their home, a young East African boy named Deo lives alone in the Lukole refugee camp in Tanzania. With scarce resources, bullies have formed gangs to steal what they can, and one...
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Author:Ellis, DeborahSummary: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. Now she turns her attention closer to home, to the children...
- Author:Hébert, Marie-FrancineSummary:
Comment fait-on quand la guerre entre dans la maison et que, sous les masques des soldats, on reconnaît un regard ? Qu'emporte-t-on lorsque l'on doit s'enfuir ? Laisse-t-on derrière soi le poisson à qui l'on a promis le plus bel univers...
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Author:Ellis, DeborahSummary: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, the Bankstreet College of Education's Best...
- Author:Skrypuch, Marsha ForchukSummary:
A gripping story based on true events. During the Soviet occupation of Ukraine during World War II, some of Krystia's family are harrassed; others are arrested and killed. When the Nazis liberate the town, they are welcomed with open...
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Author:Holler, Sue FarrellSummary:A stranger-than-fiction story based on the real-life experiences of a young boy who was smuggled out of Ethiopia amid political unrest to start a new life from nothing in Calgary, Alberta.
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Author:Ellis, DeborahSummary:USBBY Outstanding International Books Honor List In this book, Deborah Ellis turns her attention to the most tragic victims of the Iraq war -- Iraqi children. She interviews young people, mostly refugees living in Jordan, but also a few...
