Deborah Ellis

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born

January 01, 1960 in Cochrane, Ontario, Canada

gender

female

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Children's Books, History, Women & Gender Studies

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Deborah Ellis has achieved international acclaim with her courageous and dramatic books that give Western readers a glimpse into the plight of children in developing countries.

She has won the Governor General's Award, Sweden's Peter Pan Prize, the Ruth Schwartz Award, the University of California's Middle East Book Award, the Jane Addams Children's Book Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award.

A long-time feminist and anti-war activist, she is best known for The Breadwinner Trilogy, which has been published around the world in seventeen languages, with more than a million dollars in royalties donated to Street Kids International and to Women for Women, an organization that supports health and education projects in Afghanistan. In 2006, Deb was n...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 7,402 ratings · 1,399 reviews · 40 distinct works

	The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 3,165 ratings — published 2000 — 31 editions	My rating:
	Parvana's Journey (The Breadwinner, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 1,186 ratings — published 2002 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Mud City (The Breadwinner, #3) 3.84 avg rating — 573 ratings — published 2003 — 11 editions	My rating:
	I Am a Taxi 3.75 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Heaven Shop 3.81 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	My rating:
	No Ordinary Day 3.87 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	No Safe Place 3.74 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Bifocal by Deborah Ellis, Eric Walters 3.59 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak 4.14 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Looking for X 3.39 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Series by Deborah Ellis

The Breadwinner (3 books)
by Deborah Ellis

3.92 avg rating — 5,018 ratings

Our Canadian Girl (48 books)
by Deborah Ellis

3.46 avg rating — 246 ratings

Our Canadian Girl: Keeley (4 books)
by Deborah Ellis

3.40 avg rating — 20 ratings

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