Deborah Ellis

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in Cochrane, Ontario, Canada

January 01, 1960

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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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Deborah Ellis's Books

Average rating: 3.86 · 12,282 ratings · 1,933 reviews · 43 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1) 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 5,158 ratings — published 2001 — 39 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parvana's Journey (The Breadwinner, #2) 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 1,984 ratings — published 2002 — 18 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mud City (The Breadwinner, #3) 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 1,052 ratings — published 2003 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am a Taxi 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 414 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heaven Shop 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 370 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Ordinary Day 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Breadwinner Trilogy 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Safe Place 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bifocal by Deborah Ellis, Eric Walters 3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Name Is Parvana 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Deborah Ellis

The Breadwinner (3 books)
by Deborah Ellis
3.9279268582284494 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 8,422 ratings

Cocalero Novels (2 books)
by Deborah Ellis
3.74618320610687 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 524 ratings

Our Canadian Girl (48 books)
by Deborah Ellis
3.6599496221662466 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 397 ratings

Our Canadian Girl: Keeley (4 books)
by Deborah Ellis
3.8529411764705883 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 34 ratings

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“Nobody really owns anything. We give back our bodies at the end of our lives. We own our thoughts, but everything else is just borrowed. We use it for a while, then pass it on.
Everything.
We borrow the sun that shines on us today from the people on the other side of the world while they borrow the moon from us. Then we give it back. We can't keep the sun, no matter how afraid we are of the dark.”
― Deborah Ellis, No Ordinary Day

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