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A young girl leans against a tree trunk, looking back at a shed in a yard full of sunlit grass. She has light skin tone and chin-length hair, and she and the tree are shadowed in the foreground. Across the yard, an orange cat sits on top of the worn shed and returns her gaze. A roulette wheel is propped against the falling-apart shed wall. 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Her gran, for one, is stubborn and aloof — not unlike Kate herself, who has no friends, and who’s been expelled for “behavioral issues,” like the meltdowns she has had ever since her mom dumped her with her grandmother three years ago. Kate dreams that one day her mother will return for her. When that happens, they’ll need money, so Kate sets out to make some.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGran nixes her idea to sell psychiatric advice like Lucy in \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e (“You’re not a psychiatrist. You’ll get sued.”), so Kate decides to open a philosophy booth to provide answers to life’s big and small questions. She soon learns that adults have plenty of problems and secrets of their own, including Gran. When she finds that her grandmother has been lying to her about her mother, the two have a huge fight, and Gran says she can’t wait for Kate to finish high school so she’ll be rid of her at last. Kate decides to take matters into her own hands and discovers that to get what she wants, she may have to reach out to some unexpected people, and find a way to lay down her own anger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003equotations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003edialogue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eliterary references\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esigns\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2\u003cbr\u003e\nDetermine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.5\u003cbr\u003e\nAnalyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Instead, it returns to fictional territory like her first novel, \u003cem\u003eLooking for X\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the Governor General’s Award), about a smart but quick-tempered kid who can’t find her place at school or with friends.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKids will recognize themselves in Kate, a worthy successor to Harriet the Spy — stubborn, brutally honest, and coping with a deep sense of abandonment that she doesn’t fully understand.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe continued popularity of \u003cem\u003eThe Breadwinner\u003c\/em\u003e makes Ellis a household name for many.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA follow-up novel, where Gran and Kate head off on a road trip is in the works. \u003cem\u003eThe Outsmarters on the Road\u003c\/em\u003e is scheduled for publication in 2025.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003eI fetch an old shoebox from the back of the crawl space and climb up on my bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI open the box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside: A collection of pictures of fancy bedrooms clipped from magazines and held together with a paperclip. 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Narrated in Kate's tough yet sympathetic voice and replete with complex characters navigating difficult issues, this hard-hitting, hopeful story also holds warmhearted moments of friendship and community, which are even more powerful for being hard-won.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Publishers Weekly","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“Ellis offers an emotional, inspirational, and relatable story ... A compelling and poignant book that celebrates a courageous young girl's journey toward growing up.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_10":"\u003cp\u003e“Deborah Ellis has written another first-class story with a memorable main character in \u003cem\u003eThe Outsmarters\u003c\/em\u003e.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_10_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_11":"\u003cp\u003eDeborah Ellis has written another first-class story with a memorable main character in \u003cem\u003eThe Outsmarters\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_11_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“Ellis's storytelling is immersive, her writing precise and wise, with moments of cataclysmic heartbreak and fragments of hope mixing together to bring readers a potent emotional experience. 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The Outsmarters
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Children of War
Deborah Ellis, author of the Breadwinner series, interviews Iraqi refugee children in this companion to Off to War: Voices of Soldiers’ Children.
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While museum officials argue over who is responsible for the disappearance and who is in charge of getting the sloth back, only Mrs. Simson, a museum cleaner, seems to understand what needs to be done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd so begins a strange and marvelous journey, as Jomon is sentenced to a youth detention facility, and a succession of his dead grandfathers appears, each one of them having died by suicide. As the grandfathers argue among themselves and blame each other for their own fates, they keep a watch out for Jomon, to try to make sure he does not continue their family tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this short, fable-like story, Deborah Ellis comes at the timely and difficult issue of child suicide with restraint, compassion, and freshness, as the grandfathers overcome their own fraught histories to help their grandson, who in the end is aided by the appearance of a wondrous giant rodent, busy enjoying her own return to earthly existence.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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ages 12
and up
/ grades 7
and up
The Greats
With the unexpected help of a giant prehistoric sloth, ghostly grandfathers return to help a suicidal teenager.
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They are still living in a country at war. Violence and oppression exist all around them. The situation for girls has improved, but it is still difficult and dangerous. 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ages 12
and up
/ grades 7
and up
Kids of Kabul
What happened to Afghanistan's children after the fall of the Taliban in 2001? Deborah Ellis, author of The Breadwinner, went to Kabul to find out.
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My Name Is Parvana
In this stunning sequel to The Breadwinner Trilogy, Parvana, now fifteen, is held as a suspected terrorist by American troops in Afghanistan.
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Mud City
A re-issue of Mud City, the third book in the bestselling Breadwinner series by Deborah Ellis. Includes a new cover and map, and an updated author's note.
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ages 10
to 14
/ grades 5
to 9
Sacred Leaf
Sacred Leaf, the sequel to I Am a Taxi, depicts the price people in Latin America pay for cocaine use in North America.
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Parvana's Journey
This gripping novel and sequel to the international bestseller The Breadwinner tells the story of Parvana's quest to find her family in Afghanistan.
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ages 10
to 14
/ grades 5
to 9
One More Mountain
It’s 2021, and the Taliban have retaken power in Afghanistan. Parvana and Shauzia, the brave protagonists of The Breadwinner, must now flee to escape new dangers from an old enemy.
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ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
Looking for X
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.
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I Am a Taxi
Deep in the jungle, working in a cocaine operation, twelve-year-old Diego must take a terrible risk if he ever wants to see his family again.
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Does turning eleven mean that you can have new thoughts, try new things? Or will you be the same person you were when you were ten?
