"Ellis continues to be an important voice of moral and social conscience…" Kirkus

"Some think that if you are from Iraq and you are still alive, then you have no more problems. They cannot distinguish other kinds of difficulties. For example, this entire building is filled with Iraqis, but we do not talk to each other. There is no trust. The war destroyed her as well," Hiba, 16 years old.

"There were many car bombings in our area. Every morning we would wake up and hear that yet another had been brutally killed. My friends and I talked about it. We thought the whole world had gone crazy," Yaman, 13 years old.

"We stayed in a refugee camp for four years. This was my life: tents, dirt, and people all around. Eventually, we came to Canada. We wandered a lot here, trying to find the right place to live where we could be happy. They still call me a terrorist. The kids say, 'Don't mess with him because he will blow up your house,'" R., 18 years old.