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Deborah Ellis works as a mental health residential counsellor in Toronto and is the winner of the Governor General's Award in Canada (equivalent to the Carnegie Medal) for her first novel Looking for X.

She was raised in Paris, Ontario and from the time she was 17 she has been a political activist, advocating non-violence. After high school she went to Toronto and worked in the Peace Movement. Later she got involved in the Women's Movement, focusing on women's rights and economic justice.

Deborah has spent a lot of time in Pakistan, in Afghan refugee camps, talking to women and documenting their lives under 20 years of war. Her main engagement continues to be anti-war politics.

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Book	The Breadwinner graphic novel A beautiful graphic-novel adaptation of The Breadwinner animated film Author Deborah Ellis Quantity Add to basket Added.View basket 978-0-19-276856-8 Paperback \| 03/05/2018 Price: £8.99
Book	My Name Is Parvana A girl's fight for freedom in post-Taliban Afghanistan Deborah Ellis Quantity Add to basket Added.View basket 978-0-19-273404-4 Paperback \| 06/03/2014 Price: £6.99
Book	The Breadwinner Starvation or survival - a girl's life under Taliban rule Deborah Ellis Quantity Add to basket Added.View basket 978-0-19-273402-0 Paperback \| 06/03/2014 Price: £6.99
Book	Rollercoasters: Prison Runner Reader A gripping novel by the bestselling author of The Breadwinner Deborah Ellis Quantity Add to basket Evaluate Added.View basket 978-0-19-912943-0 Paperback \| 30/06/2011 Price: £10.49
Book	Rollercoasters: Breadwinner An engrossing story about a girl living in war-torn Afghanistan under Taliban rule Author Deborah Ellis Quantity Add to basket Evaluate Added.View basket 978-0-19-832980-0 Paperback \| 24/06/2010 Price: £10.49
Book	The Prison Runner One of the most powerful and compelling novels you will ever read about the effect of cocaine production on the children of Bolivia Deborah Ellis Quantity Add to basket Added.View basket 978-0-19-275548-3 Paperback \| 05/06/2008 Price: £6.99
Book	The Heaven Shop The story of one girl's life in an African village being devastated by the AIDS virus Deborah Ellis Quantity Add to basket Added.View basket 978-0-19-275435-6 Paperback \| 07/04/2005 Price: £6.99
Book	Mud City The third book in the bestselling Breadwinner trilogy Deborah Ellis Quantity Add to basket Added.View basket 978-0-19-275376-2 Paperback \| 04/03/2004 Price: £6.99
Book	Parvana's Journey Sequel to the bestselling The Breadwinner Deborah Ellis Quantity Add to basket Added.View basket 978-0-19-275348-9 Paperback \| 04/03/2004 Price: £6.99