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Deborah Ellis

    8 augustus 1960

    Deborah Ellis creëert moedige en dramatische verhalen die westerse lezers een diep inzicht geven in de penibele situatie van kinderen in ontwikkelingslanden. Haar werk behandelt urgente sociale kwesties en geeft een stem aan de gemarginaliseerden en vaak genegeerden. Als levenslange feministe en anti-oorlogsactiviste is haar schrijven doordrenkt van een diep begrip voor menselijk lijden en een toewijding aan rechtvaardigheid. Lezers worden aangetrokken door haar meeslepende verhalen en de resonerende morele boodschap die culturele grenzen overstijgt.

    The Breadwinner
    Mud City
    Keeley the Girl from Turtle Mountain
    Parvana's Journey
    One More Mountain
    My Name Is Parvana
    • My Name Is Parvana

      • 240bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      Fifteen-year-old Parvana has rebuilt her life after being reunited with her mother and sisters. But suspicion and fear towards the education of women have put them all in danger. When Parvana is held at an American army base in Afghanistan, suspected of being a terrorist, she must protect her family at all costs.

      My Name Is Parvana
      4,3
    • One More Mountain

      • 192bladzijden
      • 7 uur lezen

      It's 2021 and Parvana and Shauzia, the brave protagonists of The Breadwinner, must now flee to escape new dangers from an old enemy. These days, Parvana runs a school for girls, but when the Taliban regains power everything changes in an instant and Parvana and Shauzia must lead the girls to safety.

      One More Mountain
      4,3
    • Parvana's Journey

      • 176bladzijden
      • 7 uur lezen

      The second book in The Breadwinner series by award-winning author, Deborah Ellis, tells the story of Parvana, travelling alone across a war-ridden Afghanistan in an attempt to find her family.

      Parvana's Journey
      4,1
    • 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?

      Keeley the Girl from Turtle Mountain
      4,0
    • Mud City

      • 160bladzijden
      • 6 uur lezen

      Shauzia is Parvana's friend from The Breadwinner. Now Shauzia has fled from Afghanistan, to a refugee camp in Pakistan. She dreams of getting away from the refugee camp and travelling to France. Escape is not so easy. But Shauzia is determined to find a new future for herself. This is a story on the human situation in Afghanistan.

      Mud City
      4,0
    • Parvana's father is arrested and taken away by the Taliban soldiers. Under Taliban law, women and girls are not allowed to leave the house on their own. Parvana, her mother, and sisters must stay inside. Four days later, the food runs out. They face starvation. So Parvana must pretend to be a boy to save her family. It is a dangerous plan, but their only chance. In fear she goes out - and witnesses the horror of landmines, and the bruality of the Taliban. She suffers beatings and the desperation of trying to survive. But even in despair lies hope

      The Breadwinner
      4,0
    • Rollercoasters: Breadwinner Reader

      • 176bladzijden
      • 7 uur lezen

      Rollercoasters novels are popular because of the wide selection of fiction, appealing to girls, boys and mixed-ability classes. The Breadwinner is ideal for Year 7 or mixed-ability classes

      Rollercoasters: Breadwinner Reader
      3,4
    • Bifocal

      • 280bladzijden
      • 10 uur lezen

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

      Bifocal
      3,6
    • Die 13-jährige Binti lebt mit ihren älteren Geschwistern Junie und Kwasi und ihrem Vater in einer kleinen Stadt in Malawi. Die Mutter ist vor einigen Jahren an AIDS gestorben, doch über die Todesursache wird geschwiegen. Auch ihr Vater leidet an AIDS. Neben der Schule hat Binti einen Job als Sprecherin bei einem Hörspiel im Radio, auf den sie sehr stolz ist und der ihr das Gefühl gibt, etwas Besonderes zu sein. Als der Vater stirbt, reißen die Verwandten den gesamten Besitz an sich. Die Kinder werden bei den Familien zweier verschiedener Brüder untergebracht. Beim Begräbnis spricht die Großmutter der Kinder offen aus, woran ihr Sohn gestorben ist, was einem Skandal gleichkommt. Die Kinder werden gemieden, dürfen nicht mehr zur Schule gehen und müssen hart arbeiten. Binti läuft weg und schlägt sich zu ihrer Großmutter durch. Dort findet sie eine Hütte vor, voll mit AIDS-Waisen, um die sich ihre Großmutter kümmert. Erst langsam begreift Binti, dass ihre Radio-Vergangenheit vorüber ist und sie einen anderen Weg finden muss, um etwas Besonderes zu sein.

      Das Radiomädchen
      5,0