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The Heaven Shop by Deborah Ellis
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Ontario, 2004.
Thirteen-year-old Binti and her siblings are orphaned when their father dies of AIDS. Split up and sent to relatives all over Malawi, they suffer increasing hardship until they are reunited through the influence of their formidable grandmother. Fiction; juvenile literature.
Our Stories, Our Songs: African Children Talk about AIDS by Deborah Ellis
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Ontario, 2005.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, children who have lost family to the AIDS pandemic tell their stories. 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. Nonfiction; Juvenile literature.
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