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Deborah Ellis

Type:

Fiction

Categories:

Social Issues | Social Themes

Themes:

Friendship, Adolescence, Homelessness & Poverty, Poverty & Homelessness

Language:

English

Publisher:

Groundwood Books Ltd

Grade Level:

4-7

Age Range:

9-12

Where to buy it

Amazon
Apple Books
Indigo

Description

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.

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.

Contributors

DEBORAH ELLIS is the author of The Breadwinner, which has been published in thirty languages. She has won the Governor General’s Award, the Middle East Book Award, the Peter Pan Prize, the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award. A recipient of the Order of Canada, Deborah has donated more than $2 million in royalties to organizations such as Right to Learn Afghanistan, Mental Health Without Borders and the UNHCR. She lives in Simcoe, Ontario.

Formats

ISBN13: 9780888993823

Publication Date: 09/01/1999

Price: $9.95 CAD

ISBN13: 9781554980222

Publication Date: 09/01/1999

Price: $6.99 CAD

ISBN13: 9781554986170

Publication Date: 09/01/1999

Price: $14.95 CAD

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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