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 Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan, Mental Health Without Borders and the UNHCR. She lives in Simcoe, Ontario.
What the best literature for young readers can be-simple, elegant
language crafted to tell a story as full and rich as life itself.
Eminently memorable.
*Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW*
Flashbacks involving the effects of war and poverty on communities
and families drive this fast-paced and heart-wrenching narrative,
which deals honestly with countless harsh realities.
*Publishers Weekly Online*
Flashbacks to each character's personal story are interwoven with
the present-tense violence, prejudice, kindness, and community that
the young characters find on their journey.
*Booklist*
Ellis' young readers love her because she speaks to them as
intelligent, empathetic beings who will soon have agency in the
world, and in No Safe Place, this gift is still powerfully
evident.
*Quill & Quire, STARRED REVIEW*
This novel moves fast and furiously...exciting and moving.
*School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW*
What the best literature for young readers can be-simple, elegant
language crafted to tell a story as full and rich as life itself.
Eminently memorable. * Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW *
Flashbacks involving the effects of war and poverty on communities
and families drive this fast-paced and heart-wrenching narrative,
which deals honestly with countless harsh realities. * Publishers
Weekly Online *
Flashbacks to each character's personal story are interwoven with
the present-tense violence, prejudice, kindness, and community that
the young characters find on their journey. -- Hazel Rochman *
Booklist *
Ellis' young readers love her because she speaks to them as
intelligent, empathetic beings who will soon have agency in the
world, and in No Safe Place, this gift is still powerfully evident.
-- Emily Donaldson * Quill & Quire, STARRED REVIEW *
This novel moves fast and furiously...exciting and moving. --
Meredith Toumayan * School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW *
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