Deborah Ellis

Life is bustling in Frank, Alberta, with more new settlers arriving every day in the booming mining town. Keeley is busier than ever, hatching plans for her newspaper and preparing for the upcoming spelling bee. She's bound and determined to outspell Peter! Everything changes, however, when a disastrous landslide …

Looking for X is a children's novel written for ages 9-12 by Deborah Ellis. This novel is about an eleven-year-old girl named Khyber that lives in a poorer area, Regent Park, in Toronto, Ontario. She lives there with her mother and her twin brothers who are both autistic. One day Khyber shows up at school and is …

A sequel to The Breadwinner, this novel tells the story of Parvana's journey once she leaves Kabul to search for her family. The Taliban still controls Afghanistan, but Kabul is in ruins, Parvana's father has died, and her mother, sister and brother could be anywhere in the country. Parvana doesn't know where they …