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(0)Deborah Ellis
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Deborah Ellis, activist and award-winning author of The Breadwinner interviews young people involved in the criminal justice system and lets them tell their own stories. Jamar found refuge in a gang after leaving an abusive home where his mother stole from him. Fred was arrested for assault with a weapon, public intoxication and attacking his mother while on drugs. Jeremy first went to court at age fourteen ("Court gives you the feeling that you...
2) True blue
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
The darker side of a friendship is portrayed by Jess, a 17 year old who struggles to find the moral courage to remain loyal to her best friend who has been accused of murdering an eight year old girl at summer camp. The town becomes a media circus and the pressures become too great for Jess to cope.
3) Sit
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Presents eleven stories featuring children who find the courage to take charge of their lives in large and small ways.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Parvana is an eleven-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom, and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she embarks on a quest to find her father and reunite her...
