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Deborah Ellis
Type:
Fiction
Categories:
Social Issues | Social Themes
Themes:
Friendship, Adolescence, Homelessness & Poverty, Poverty & Homelessness
Language:
English
Publisher:
Grade Level:
4-7
Age Range:
9-12
Description
Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award
In this urban adventure story, Khyber, a smart, bold, eleven-year-old girl from a poor neighborhood, sets out to find her friend X, a mysterious homeless woman who has gone missing.
The desperate search takes Khyber on a long, all-night odyssey that proves to be wilder than any adventure she has ever imagined.
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Awards
Governor General's Literary Awards: TextWinner
PPYA (Books that Don't Make You Blush)Commended
OLA Silver Birch AwardLong-listed
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