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Looking for X
First edition
AuthorDeborah Ellis
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's Literature Young-Adult Fiction
PublisherGroundwood Books
Publication date
September 1, 1999
Pages132 pp
ISBN978-0888993823

Looking for X is a children's novel written for ages 9–12[1] by Deborah Ellis. This book is about an eleven-year-old girl named Khyber that lives in a poorer area, Regent Park, in Toronto, Ontario. She lives there with her mother and her twin brothers who are both autistic. One day Khyber shows up at school and is accused of breaking the windows of her teacher's classroom. When she is expelled she sets off in the middle of the night to find her friend X, a homeless woman who lives in the park across the street from her house. She is the only one that can clear Khyber's name. She spends all night wandering the streets in search of X and has the adventure of a lifetime.

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  1. ^ Ellis, Deborah (2001). Looking for X. ISBN 978-0888993823.
  2. ^ "Children's Literature - Meet Deborah Ellis". Archived from the original on 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
  3. ^ "CM Magazine Profile: Deborah Ellis". Archived from the original on 2009-02-15. Retrieved 2008-12-05.