globeandmail.com : The author's response
Deborah Ellis said that when she heard people were concerned that her book, Three Wishes, was promoting suicide bombings, she was beyond shocked -- she was upset. "God, the whole notion that I would encourage children to do this to themselves is incredibly offensive," the award-winning writer of children's books and long-time peace activist from Simcoe, Ont., told The Globe and Mail in a telephone interview from her Shelbyville hotel room... ...
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