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  • A Long Way Gone

    Memoirs Of A Boy Soldier

    by Ishmael Beah ...
    At the age of twelve, Ishmael Beah fled attacking rebels in Sierra Leone and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. At sixteen, he was removed from fighting by UNICEF, and through the help of the staff at his rehabilitation center, he learned how ... Read more

    Was $9.99 CAD Now $7.99 CAD

  • Little Family

    A Novel

    by Ishmael Beah ...
    **From the #1 *New York Times–*bestselling author of A Long Way Gone.A powerful novel about young people living at the margins of society, struggling to replace the homes they have lost with the one they have created together.**Hidden away from a harsh outside world, five young people have improvised a home in an abandoned airplane, a relic of their country’s tumultuous past. Elimane, the bookworm ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Radiance of Tomorrow

    by Ishmael Beah ...
    When Ishmael Beah’s A Long Way Gone was published in 2007, it soared to the top of bestseller lists, becoming an instant classic: a harrowing account of Sierra Leone’s civil war and the fate of child soldiers that “everyone in the world should read” (The Washington Post). Now Beah, whom Dave Eggers has called “arguably the most read African writer in contemporary literature,” has returned with his ... Read more

    Was $11.99 CAD Now $7.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Little Family

    A Novel

    by Ishmael Beah ...
    Narrated by Dion Graham ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 54 min

    **From the #1 *New York Times–*bestselling author of A Long Way Gone.A powerful novel about young people living at the margins of society, struggling to replace the homes they have lost with the one they have created together.**Hidden away from a harsh outside world, five young people have improvised a home in an abandoned airplane, a relic of their country’s tumultuous past. Elimane, the bookworm ... Read more

    $27.00 CAD

  • War and Children

    A Reference Handbook

    by Kendra E. Dupuy, Krijn Peters ...
    Series series Contemporary Military, Strategic, and Security Issues
    A comprehensive, up-to-date presentation of how children and young people are affected by and respond to situations of armed conflict and postwar reconstruction.War and Children: A Reference Handbook looks at one of the most wrenching aspects of armed conflict, ranging across the globe to examine the different ways armed conflict and postwar reconstructions affect children and young people, and ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • Refugees in America

    Stories of Courage, Resilience, and Hope in Their Own Words

    by Lee T Bycel ...
    It is not an easy road—but hope is the oxygen of my life. These insightful words of Meron Semedar, a refugee from Eritrea, reflect the feelings of the eleven men and women featured in this book. These refugees share their extraordinary experiences of fleeing oppression, violence and war in their home countries in search of a better life in the United States.Each chapter of Refugees in America ... Read more

    $29.69 CAD

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  • Smoke River

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  • The Ever After of Ashwin Rao

    by Padma Viswanathan ...
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  • Crimes Against My Brother

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    On the Life and Death of My Brother

    by Helen Humphreys ...
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