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Stories of survival. Songs of hope. Children you''ll never forget. In Sub-Saharan Africa, there are more than 11.5 million orphans. The AIDS pandemic has claimed their parents, their aunts, and their uncles. What is life like for these children? Who do they care for, and who cares for them? Come and meet them. They might surprise you. Royalties from this book will be donated to UNICEF

John Gattorna and Deborah Ellis are long-term collaborators on the design and management of enterprise supply chains. Dr John Gattorna has been one of the most influential voices in the development of the modern supply chain. His long-held vision of the supply chain as the central nervous system of an organisation and as a major source of competitive advantage if done well has inspired both supply chain professionals and CEOs. To support this vision, he has led the development of frameworks and tools to guide design using customers as the sole frame-of-reference, thus ensuring precise alignment between enterprise supply chains and the markets/customers they serve.In 2018 John was awarded the Council of Supply Chain Management (CSCMP) Distinguished Service Award for his contribution to the profession, and in the same year was inducted into the CSCMP Hall of Fame. Deborah Ellis has consulted with leading companies for over 20 years on logistics and supply chain strategy. Like John Gattorna, the emphasis of her work has been on developing tailored supply chains that generate market advantage. She has worked with him, and partnered with clients, to apply, refine and extend the frameworks and methodologies that simplify the supply chain task, while generating value for the customer and the business. Since 2017 they have together presented the Global Supply Chain Thought Leadership Retreat Series for senior supply chain executives in the Asia Pacific, South Africa and Europe. These by-invitation-only events have been very well received, and this book has evolved from the research and discussions associated with those events.

''Watch what you''re doing!'' The angry newspaper seller spat at her. He kicked Jasper. Jasper yelped. Shauzia pulled her dog away. I don''t like it here, Shauzia told Jasper. Shauzia just wanted to sit some place and be quiet, but every time they sat down they were told to go away. Imagine that you''re alone in a foreign city. To eat you must scrounge through rubbish, to sleep you huddle in doorways. Where do you go? Who do you trust? When Shauzia leaves the relative safety of the refugee camp she faces many difficulties. But she has all the spirit and pluck of her friend Parvana, and with the help of her dog Jasper she knows she will fulfill her dreams. Shauzia is a thrilling, thought-provoking companion to the bestselling Parvana, and Parvana''s Journey.

Finalist for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children''s Book Award Orphaned and plagued with the grief of losing everyone he loves, fifteen - year - old Abdul has made a long, fraught journey from his war - torn home in Baghdad, only to end up in The Jungle - the squalid, makeshift migrant community in Calais. When an altercation at the soup kitchen ends up with him accidentally stabbing a policeman, Abdul has to flee, and in desperation he takes a spot in a small boat heading to England. A sudden skirmish leaves the boat stalled in the middle of the Channel, the pilot dead, and four young people remaining - Abdul, Rosalia, a Romani girl who has escaped from the white slave trade; Cheslav, gone AWOL from a Russian military school; and Jonah, the boat pilot''s ten - year - old nephew. The four of them end up hijacking a yacht and, despite their fear and mistrust, they form a kind of makeshift family. And as the authorities close in on them, they find refuge in an unusual place - a child''s secret cave on the English coast.

Shortlisted for the SYRCA 2013 Diamond Willow Award selected as an American Library Association 2012 Notable Children''s Book Booklist Editor''s Choice There''s not much that upsets young Valli. Even though her days are spent 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 are the monsters who live on the other side of the train tracks - the lepers. Valli and the other children throw stones at them. No matter how hard her life is, she tells herself, at least she will never be one of them. Then she discovers that she is not living with family after all, that her ''''aunt'''' was a stranger who was paid money to take Valli off her own family''s hands. She decides to leave Jharia ... and so begins a series of adventures that takes her to Kolkata, the city of the gods. It''s not so bad. Valli finds that she really doesn''t need much to live. She can ''''borrow'''' the things she needs and then pass them on to people who need them more than she does. It helps that though her bare feet become raw wounds as she makes her way around the city, she somehow feels no pain. But when she happens to meet a doctor on the ghats by the river, Valli learns that she has leprosy. Despite being given a chance to receive medical care, she cannot bear the thought that she is one of those monsters she has always feared, and she flees, to an uncertain life on the street.

On Israel''s West Bank, a cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house that has just been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers. The house seems empty, until the cat realises 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 particular cat is not used to thinking about anyone but herself. She was once a regular North American girl who only had to deal with normal middle-school problems - staying under the teachers'' radar, bullying her sister and the uncool kids, outsmarting her clueless parents. But that was before she died and came back to life as a cat, in a place with a whole different set of rules for survival. When the little boy is discovered, the soldiers don''t know what to do with him. Where are the child''s parents? Why has he been left alone in the house? It is not long before his teacher and classmates come looking for him, and the house is suddenly surrounded by Palestinian villagers throwing rocks, and the sound of Israeli tanks approaching. Not my business, thinks the cat. Then she sees a photograph, and suddenly understands what happened to the boy''s parents, and why they have not returned. As the soldiers begin to panic, disaster seems certain, and she knows that it is up to her to defuse the situation. But what can a cat do? What can any one creature do?

Immagina di vivere in un Paese in cui donne e ragazze non possono uscire di casa senza essere scortate da un uomo. Immagina di dover indossare abiti che coprono ogni centimetro del tuo corpo, viso compreso. Questa era la vita in Afghanistan sotto il regime dei talebani. Questa è la vita a cui si ribella Parvana, undici anni, che non ha paura di travestirsi da ragazzo per poter uscire di casa e lavorare, per se stessa, per la sua famiglia, per cambiare le cose. La sua è una vita immaginata, ma basata su racconti di vite vere. E tutte le Parvana che vivono in Afghanistan hanno bisogno che si parli di loro.

Antes, Parvana llevaba una vida normal: iba a la escuela, salía a jugar con sus amigas y vestía como quería. Sin embargo, desde que los talibanes llegaron al poder, las niñas y las mujeres sólo pueden salir de sus casas acompañadas de un hombre. ¿Qué hará Parvana ahora que su padre —el único hombre en el hogar— ha sido capturado por los talibanes y no hay quien mantenga a su familia?

What has happened to Afghanistan''s children since the fall of the Taliban in 2001? In 2011 the author went to Kabul to find out. She interviewed children who spoke about their lives now. They are still living in a country torn apart by war, and violence and oppression still exist, particularly affecting the lives of girls, but the children are surviving with courage and optimism.