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: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...
- 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...
- 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...
