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The breadwinner trilogy
In this trilogy, a family comes up with a unique solution to the problem of losing their breadwinner, families survive in war-torn Afghanistan, and a young girl survives alone with only a dog in the streets of Pakistan.
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Women of the Afghan War
This is an account of the Afghan War and its tragic aftermath as told by the women who were caught up in it and became its innocent victims. The voices in this oral history will provide personal snapshots to the news reports of the Taliban activities now coming out of Afghanistan. These accounts provide an historical background to the growth of the Taliban, and reveal circumstances of the daily life of the women who must survive in this very closed society. Through the medium of oral history, this book brings to light the stories of the women who have suffered the consequences of the Afghan War and whose lives and whose daughter's lives have been changed forever. Through the voices of the Soviet women who supported their soldiers on Afghan soil, and the voices of the Afghan women scattered by circumstance around the globe, the last Cold War battle between the superpowers takes on a very personal tone. Policy decisions issued from on high became the rockets that destroyed these women physically, mentally, and emotionally. Children were killed or maimed and homes and families destroyed. Ultimately, these women were forced to flee or become invisible within their homeland. The Taliban militia rose from the dust of this war and by government decree reduced even the most educated and influential of the women to non-person status.
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We want you to know : kids talk about bullying
\"In more than 30 hard-hitting profiles, teens talk about bullying: as victims, perpetrators, and bystanders.\"--Amazon.com.
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No safe place
Fifteen-year-old Abdul, having lost everyone he loves, journeys from Baghdad to a migrant community in Calais where he sneaks aboard a boat bound for England, not knowing it carries a cargo of heroin, and when the vessel is involved in a skirmish and the pilot killed, it is up to Abdul and three other young stowaways to complete the journey.
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Kids of Kabul : living bravely through a never-ending war
Explores the plight of Afghanistan's children since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, featuring the stories of two dozen or so children, aged 10 to 17, and their struggles to continue educating themselves and improving their own lives despite living in a country torn by war, violence and oppression. All royalties from the sale of Kids of Kabul will go to Women for Women in Afghanistan, a charitable organization.
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No ordinary day
Valli has always been afraid of the lepers living on the other side of the train tracks in the coal town of Jharia, India, so when a chance encounter with a doctor reveals she also has leprosy, Valli rejects help and begins an uncertain life on the streets.
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My name is Parvana
Found wandering alone in a bombed-out Afghan school, 15-year-old Parvana mystifies American military forces by remaining silent, while spending her time remembering the past four years of her life, having been reunited with her mother and sisters and living in a village where her mother's finally managed to open a school for girls.
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My story starts here : voices of young offenders
\"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 can never make up for what you did, that you're just bad forever\") but now wears a Native Rights hat to remind him of his strong Métis heritage. Kate, charged with petty theft and assault, finally found a counselor who treated her like a person for the first time. Many readers will recognize themselves, or someone they know, somewhere in these stories. Being lucky or unlucky after an incident of shoplifting, or the drug search at school, or hanging out with the wrong kids at the wrong time. The encounter with a mean cop, or a good one, that can change the trajectory of a kid's life. Couch-surfing, or being shunted from one foster home to another. The effect of youth crime on families (the book includes the points of view of family members as well as \"voices of experience\" -- adults looking back at their own experiences as young offenders). The kids in this book represent a range of socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations and ethnicities. Every story is different, but there are common threads -- loss of parenting, dislocation, poverty, truancy, addiction, discrimination. Most of all, this book leaves readers asking the most pressing questions of all. Does it make sense to put kids in jail? Can't we do better? Have we forgotten that we were once teens ourselves, feeling powerless to change our lives, confused about who we were and what we wanted, and quick to make a dumb move without a thought for the consequences?\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Sit : stories
\"The seated child. With a single powerful image, Deborah Ellis draws our attention to nine children and the situations they find themselves in, often through no fault of their own. In each story, a child makes a decision and takes action, be that a tiny gesture or a life-altering choice.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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رحلة بارفانا
ماذا يحدث ؟\" سألت ليلى \"إنهم الراشدون يقتلون بعضهم البعض\" أجابت بارفانا. الاقتتال لا يتوقف في أفغانستان، تنتهي الفصول وتتعاقب، ولكن فصل الحرب لا يهرم ولا يموت. وعلى وقع خطا الجنود ووعيد الطائرات تتابع بارفانا رحلة البحث عن الحياة ؛ يسقط والدها في الطريق، تدفنه، ولا تدفن كتبه، وعلى طريق الوادي الأخضر تجد بعض أولاد حالمين مثلها بالحياة ؛ ليلى وآصف وحسن، ينهبون العيش من قلب حقل ألغام ! إنها سيرة الحرب. تكتبها بارفانا رسائل لصديقتها ؛ رسائل لا تصل إلا إن قرأناها وكنا نحن سعاتها. وإن لم نفعل، فكيف ستلتقي الصديقتان تحت برج إيفل بعد عشرين عاما ؟
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