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 demolished by soldi
On the White Ravens' Outstanding New International Books for Children and Young Adults list, 2008ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards Bronze Medal Winner (YA Fiction category), 2007Snow Willow Award nominee, 2008CCBC's Best Books for Kids and Teens
A camera.Some photographs.A box with seven shells.And many mysteries.Those are the things that Maggie and Jason inherited from their grandfather, the famed photojournalist George "Gee" Keane. Gee traveled from Ireland to Russia, Japan to Australia, taking
Canadian Library Association Book of the Year, Honour BookGeoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction, Honour Book Mr. Christie Silver Book AwardRuth Schwartz Award, finalistManitoba Young Readers_ Choice Award, nominee Rocky Mountain Book Award, nominee
"There is a lion in our village, and it is carrying away our children."At her father's funeral, Binti's grandmother utters the words that no one in Malawi wants to hear. Binti's father and her mother before him, dies of AIDS. Binti, her sister, and brothe
For twelve-year-old Diego and his family, home is the San Sebastian Women's Prison in Cochabamba, Bolivia. His parents farmed coca, a traditional Bolivian medicinal plant, until they got caught in the middle of the government's war on drugs. Diego's adjus
After her critically acclaimed books of interviews with Afghan, Iraqi, Israeli and Palestinian children, Deborah Ellis turns her attention closer to home. For two years she traveled across the United States and Canada interviewing Native children. The res
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 co