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Cover of Parvana (The breadwinner)

Parvana (The breadwinner)

✍ Scribed by Deborah Ellis


Publisher
Groundwood Books Ltd.
Year
2015
Tongue
en-US
Weight
181 KB
Edition
15th anniversary edition
Category
Fiction

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✦ Synopsis


The Breadwinner, the first in the Breadwinner Trilogy, is an award-winning novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances. A map, glossary and author's note provide young readers with background and context.

One day, Parvana's father is arrested by the Taliban -- the extreme religious faction that controls Afghanistan -- and the family is left without anyone to earn money and shop for food. Forbidden to work as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy to save her family. The Breadwinner is a novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances. A map, glossary and author's note provide young readers with background and context.


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