Deborah Ellis

Deborah Ellis works as a mental health residential counsellor in Toronto and is the winner of the Governor General’s Award in Canada (equivalent to the Carnegie Medal) for her first novel 'Looking for X'.

She was raised in Paris, Ontario and from the time she was 17 she has been a political activist, advocating non-violence. After high school she went to Toronto and worked in the Peace Movement. Later she got involved in the Women’s Movement, focusing on women’s rights and economic justice. She has spent a lot of time in Pakistan, in Afghan refugee camps, talking to women and documenting their lives under 20 years of war. Her main engagement continues to be anti-war politics.

Her books include 'The Breadwinner' and its sequel 'Parvana's Journey'. Both books are set in Afghanistan during and after the rule of the Taliban.

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Beyond The Barricade
Deborah Ellis
Fact written as fiction this is a fast moving, gripping and thought-provoking story of the dilemmas faced by Diego, a young boy in Bolivia who having escaped the ruthless drug thugs in the jungle is taken in by a family,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2009

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The Prison Runner
Deborah Ellis
Deeply moving and wholly compelling, The Prisoner Runner is an eye opener on how easily a child can get used by the drug trade in Bolivia. Diego is a good boy, and smart too. While his parents are in prison,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/06/2008

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Books by Deborah Ellis

Lunch with Lenin and Other Stories
Deborah Ellis
A collection of short stories that explores the lives of children who have been affected directly, or indirectly, by drugs.
Format: Paperback - Released: 00/05/2009

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Beyond the Barricade
Deborah Ellis
Diego has managed to get away from thugs who were forcing him to make cocaine paste in the jungle, but he doesn't know where he is or how he will find his parents. When he's taken in by the Ricardo...
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The Prison Runner
Deborah Ellis
'Diego had never been in the jungle before. He'd lived with his family high in the hills, and then he was a prison kid, a city kid. His nights were bare lightbulbs burning, women and children crying, guards yelling and...
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Three Wishes Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak
Deborah Ellis
The war in the Middle East has been going on for so long, and in so many forms, that it often seems as if it will continue for ever. But war, like almost everything else humans do, is a choice....
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2007

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Ben Over Night
Deborah Ellis
Ben likes nothing more than to go over to Peter's house. When the two friends play together, Ben can be anything he wants: a pirate, a musician, a cook. But when it comes to sleepovers, all Ben can think about...
Format: Paperback - Released: 15/08/2006

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The Breadwinner Collection
Deborah Ellis
Features a collection of three story books - The Breadwinner , Parvana's Journey and Mud City . They tell the stories of children whose lives are unimaginable to most of us. With the sounds, smells and suffering of Afghanistan and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2006

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Looking For X
Deborah Ellis
Khyber's life is falling apart. The only thing that's working out is her friendship with X, a bag lady she meets in the park. But X is scared. She won't tell Khyber her name, saying that the Secret Police are...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2006

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The Heaven Shop
Deborah Ellis
Binti's father is dying from AIDS, a disease that nobody in their town in Malawi dares name aloud. When the family is split up and sent to live with various scared and cruel relatives, Binti knows that it is up...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/04/2005

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Parvana's Journey
Deborah Ellis
Presents a sequel by the award-winning author. This book tells the story of Parvana, traveling alone across a war-ridden Afghanistan in an attempt to find her family. Deborah Ellis is the winner of the Governor General's Award in Canada, their...
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