Description

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Stories of survival.

Songs of hope.

Children you'll never forget.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, there are more than 11.5 million orphans. The AIDS pandemic has claimed their parents, their aunts, and their uncles. What is life like for these children? Who do they care for, and who cares for them?

Come and meet them. They might surprise you.

Royalties from this book will be donated to UNICEF

Awards and Nominations:

Winner, Book Link Best Book for the Classroom, 2005

Winner, School Library Journal Best Book of 2005

Finalist, 2006 Information Book Award

Runner-up, National Chapter of Canada IODE Violet Downey Book Award for 2005

2006 Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award short list

2006 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction finalist

Red Maple Award for Non-fiction shortlist, 2007

Garden State Teen Book Awards nominee 2008

About the Author

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Deborah Ellis was born in Northern Ontario but grew up in Paris, Ontario. Like many writers, she was a creative loner as a child, at odds with formal education in her youth, and a voracious reader at all times. As an adult, Deborah has been occupied with many issues of interest to women, such as peace, education and equality in society at home and abroad. She works at a group home for women in Toronto, reading and writing in her spare time. In 2006 Deborah was named to the Order of Ontario.