Best Selling Books by Deborah Ellis

Shauzia vive en un campo de refugiados en Pakistán. Está obsesionada con ver el mar y llegar a Francia para encontrarse allí con su amiga Parvana -protagonista de El pan de la guerra (Alandar, 48)- y poder librarse al fin de tanta miseria. Peshawar, la ciudad más cercana, será su primera escala en un viaje tan largo y, por momentos, imposible, que emprende con la compañía de su perro Jasper.

Further true-to-life adventures for Diego, a gutsy young Bolivian boy caught between fighting for justice and returning home to his family. A brave, revealing novel from the author of the best-selling ''Parvana'' books. Ages 10-14 years. (SA: Year 6- Year 9)

The children of soldiers speak out in this powerful book by the international best-selling author of the Parvana trilogy.

When a Muslim boy is arrested at a high school on suspicion of terrorist affiliations, growing racial tensions divide the student population.

It''s September 1901, and ten-year-old Keeley and her father are making a fresh start, after the death of Keeley''s mother, in a brand new town called Frank that sits in a valley at the bottom of Turtle Mountain in southern Alberta. From the moment they arrive Keeley knows she''ll love Frank. Not only can she and her dad live together, but in Frank there''s room for children to breathe, as her dad would say. There''s also room for mischief, and Keeley quickly gets into some, with the encouragement of a schoolmate named Peter. Peter dares Keeley to spend a night in the coal mine, where she discovers another part of Frank that''s a little bit scary. Will things turn out as she hopes?

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Parvana, onze ans, habite avec sa famille à Kaboul, la capitale de l''Afghanistan. Ils vivent dans une seule pièce dans un immeuble d''appartements à moitié détruit par les bombardements. Son père, qui enseignait l''histoire avant que son école soit bombardée, a subi de graves blessures. Désormais, il travaille assis sur une couverture à même le sol du marché, où il lit des lettres aux gens qui ne savent ni lire ni écrire. Un jour, on l''arrête sous prétexte qu''il a fait des études à l''étranger. La famille de Parvana se retrouve sans personne pour gagner de l''argent ou même pour aller acheter de quoi manger. Alors que les conditions de vie de la famille se détériorent, une seule solution paraît possible. Puisque les filles n''ont pas le droit de travailler, Parvana devra se déguiser en garçon pour subvenir aux besoins de sa famille. Lorsque Deborah Ellis a entendu parler de la mainmise des Talibans sur l''Afghanistan, en 1996, et des crimes qu''ils perpétraient à l''endroit des femmes et des filles, elle a décidé d''agir. Ce fut le début d''une aventure qui mena à la parution de la série Parvana. Aujourd''hui, la guerre se poursuit et personne ne peut prédire avec certitude qui en sortira vainqueur. Pour la population afghane, la vie continue. Des personnes comme Parvana, Shauzia et Mme Weera travaillent d''arrache-pied pour permettre aux gens de vivre une vie meilleure. Ce sont ces personnes, ainsi que de très nombreux autres Afghans - femmes, hommes et enfants -, que le monde doit soutenir.

After her father''s death, Parvana searches for her mother in war-torn Afghanistan. Joining with three other small children, Parvana struggles to survive.

Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women''s freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father''s arrest.

In order to earn enough money to buy a way out of the Afghan refugee camp where she lives, Shauzia dresses like a boy, but is forced into panhandling and ends up in jail, gaining hope only when a well-meaning American family rescues her.