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Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis
22.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Fifteen-year-old Farrin has many secrets. Although she goes to a school for gifted girls in Tehran, as the daughter of an aristocratic mother and wealthy father, Farrin must keep a low profile. It is 1988; ever since the Shah was overthrown, the deeply conservative and religious government controls ever ...Show more
No Safe Place by Deborah Ellis
20.00 NZD
Category: Senior Fiction
"It was a night without comfort, and without sleep. The rain fell without mercy, and the waves tossed the boat around like a plaything.There were no lights to head for, and there was no rescue coming. No one on Earth knew where they were, and no one even noticed that they were missing." This heart-stopp ...Show more
One More Mountain: A Parvana Story by Deborah Ellis
19.00 NZD
Category: Senior Fiction
From the master storyteller of the bestselling Parvana books comes a timely new novel set in contemporary Afghanistan, featuring Parvana and Shauzia continuing their mission to protect women and girls from their dire reality under the rules re-imposed by the Taliban. In Kabul, 15-year-old Damsa runs aw ...Show more
Parvana by Deborah Ellis
20.00 NZD
Category: Senior Fiction
Based on real-life events, Parvana is the compelling story of a young girl in Afghanistan who is determined to provide for herself and her family. This bestselling novel is recommended by Malala Yousafzai and continues to inspire young readers around the world. Eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her fam ...Show more
Parvana: The Graphic Novel by Deborah Ellis
23.00 NZD
Category: General Graphic Books
A stunning graphic novel edition of the internationally bestselling novel and adapted from the major feature film 'The Breadwinner'. This beautiful graphic-novel adaptation of the Academy Award nominated film, inspired by Deborah Ellis's beloved novel, tells the story of eleven-year-old Parvana. When s ...Show more
Parvana's Journey (#2) by Deborah Ellis
20.00 NZD
Category: Senior Fiction | Series: Parvana
The second book in the internationally-bestselling series that includes The Breadwinner, Mud City and My Name Is Parvana A war is raging in Afghanistan as a coalition of Western forces tries to oust the Taliban by bombing the country. Parvana's father has died, and her mother, sister and brother have g ...Show more
Parvana's Promise (#3) by Deborah Ellis
20.00 NZD
Category: Senior Fiction | Series: Parvana
Parvana, now fifteen, is found in a bombed-out school and held as a suspected terrorist by American troops in Afghanistan. A stunning sequel to Parvana and Parvana's Journey.
Shauzia (#3 Parvana Trilogy aka Mud City) by Deborah Ellis
20.00 NZD
Category: Senior Fiction
This powerful companion to Parvana and Parvana's Journey, by award winning Canadian author, Deborah Ellis, tells the gripping story of a young girl's fight to make a life for herself outside the refugee camps on the borders of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The Best Day of My Life by Deborah Ellis
20.00 NZD
Category: Senior Fiction
Even though Valli spends her days picking coal and fighting with her cousins, life in the coal town of Jharia, India, is the only life she knows. The only sight that fills her with terror is the monsters who live on the other side of the train tracks - the lepers. When Valli discovers that that her 'aun ...Show more
The Breadwinner (#1 Parvana) by Deborah Ellis
23.00 NZD
Category: Senior Fiction
Afghanistan: Parvana's father is arrested and taken away by Taliban soldiers. Under Taliban law, women and girls are not allowed to leave the house on their own. Parvana, her mother, and sisters are prisoners in their own home. With no man to go out to buy food, they face starvation. So Parvana must pre ...Show more
The Cat at the Wall by Deborah Ellis
19.00 NZD
Category: Senior Fiction
A cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house on the West Bank that has just been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers. The house seems empty, until the cat realizes that a little boy is hiding beneath the floorboards. Should she help him? After all, she’s just a cat. Or is she? It turns out that this ...Show more
Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak by Deborah Ellis
24.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
Deborah Ellis's enormously popular Breadwinner trilogy recounted the experiences of children living in Afghanistan; now Ellis turns her attention to the young people of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. After visiting the region to conduct interviews, she presents their stories here -- in their own word ...Show more
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