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title: "My Story Starts Here: Voices of Young Offenders"
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# My Story Starts Here: Voices of Young Offenders

**Brand:** groundwood books
**Price:** 293 kr
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			        		Praise for My Story Starts Here:&#x201C;A worthy addition to a middle or high school library&#x2026;&#x201D; &#x2014; School Library Journal&#x201C;The stories are compelling and dark &#x2026; A powerful collection.&#x201D; &#x2014; Kirkus Reviews&#x201C;Young people of different genders, sexual orientations, and ethnicities share powerful stories of being incarcerated or homeless &#x2026; poignant, hopeful, and rage-inducing.&#x201D; &#x2014; Booklist&#x201C;&#x2026; the interviews [are] often simultaneously heartbreaking and hopeful in the span of just a few pages &#x2026; [Ellis&#x2019;s] voice does not distract from the subjects, and both Ellis&#x2019;s setup and the children&#x2019;s knowledge make connections between current injustice and the violent legacies of colonialism and racism that prevent this from falling into the trap of sensationalism. Unflinching and informative, this volume will appeal to a broad range of readers, and it offers plenty of opportunities for incorporation of diverse viewpoints into curricula &#x2026;&#x201D; &#x2014; Bulletin of the Center for Children&#x2019;s Books review of Looks Like Daylight&#x201C;It&#x2019;s heartening that so many of these young people are positive about their lives, no matter how troubled, and about their futures &#x2026; Ellis&#x2019; book is an excellent opportunity for classroom discussion and individual, empathy-inducing reading.&#x201D; &#x2014; Booklist, starred review of Looks Like Daylight&#x201C;These speakers are not characters, functioning in a plot, but teens&#x2019; actual contemporaries, whose voices linger long after the reading.&#x201D; &#x2014; Booklist review Kids of Kabul
						    	
					    	
						
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			        		Praise for Deborah Ellis and My Story Starts Here:In the Margins Recommended Nonfiction List, 2020 &#x201C;A worthy addition to a middle or high school library&#x2026;&#x201D; &#x2015; School Library Journal&#x201C;The stories are compelling and dark &#x2026; A powerful collection.&#x201D; &#x2015; Kirkus Reviews&#x201C;Young people of different genders, sexual orientations, and ethnicities share powerful stories of being incarcerated or homeless &#x2026; poignant, hopeful, and rage-inducing.&#x201D; &#x2015; BooklistPraise for Deborah Ellis and Looks Like Daylight:&#x201C;&#x2026; [T]he interviews [are] often simultaneously heartbreaking and hopeful in the span of just a few pages &#x2026; [Ellis&#x2019;s] voice does not distract from the subjects, and both Ellis&#x2019;s setup and the children&#x2019;s knowledge make connections between current injustice and the violent legacies of colonialism and racism that prevent this from falling into the trap of sensationalism. Unflinching and informative, this volume will appeal to a broad range of readers, and it offers plenty of opportunities for incorporation of diverse viewpoints into curricula &#x2026;&#x201D; &#x2015; Bulletin of the Center for Children&#x2019;s Books&#x201C;It&#x2019;s heartening that so many of these young people are positive about their lives, no matter how troubled, and about their futures &#x2026; Ellis&#x2019; book is an excellent opportunity for classroom discussion and individual, empathy-inducing reading.&#x201D; &#x2015; Booklist, starred reviewPraise for Deborah Ellis and Kids of Kabul: &#x201C;These speakers are not characters, functioning in a plot, but teens&#x2019; actual contemporaries, whose voices linger long after the reading.&#x201D; &#x2015; BooklistPraise for My Story Starts Here:&#x201C;A worthy addition to a middle or high school library&#x2026;&#x201D; &#x2015; School Library Journal&#x201C;The stories are compelling and dark &#x2026; A powerful collection.&#x201D; &#x2015; Kirkus Reviews&#x201C;Young people of different genders, sexual orientations, and ethnicities share powerful stories of being incarcerated or homeless &#x2026; poignant, hopeful, and rage-inducing.&#x201D; &#x2015; Booklist&#x201C;&#x2026; the interviews [are] often simultaneously heartbreaking and hopeful in the span of just a few pages &#x2026; [Ellis&#x2019;s] voice does not distract from the subjects, and both Ellis&#x2019;s setup and the children&#x2019;s knowledge make connections between current injustice and the violent legacies of colonialism and racism that prevent this from falling into the trap of sensationalism. Unflinching and informative, this volume will appeal to a broad range of readers, and it offers plenty of opportunities for incorporation of diverse viewpoints into curricula &#x2026;&#x201D; &#x2015; Bulletin of the Center for Children&#x2019;s Books review of Looks Like Daylight&#x201C;It&#x2019;s heartening that so many of these young people are positive about their lives, no matter how troubled, and about their futures &#x2026; Ellis&#x2019; book is an excellent opportunity for classroom discussion and individual, empathy-inducing reading.&#x201D; &#x2015; Booklist, starred review of Looks Like Daylight&#x201C;These speakers are not characters, functioning in a plot, but teens&#x2019; actual contemporaries, whose voices linger long after the reading.&#x201D; &#x2015; Booklist review Kids of Kabul
						    	
					    	
						
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