The Breadwinner
Ellis, Deborah
The Breadwinner - Toronto A Groundwood Book 2000 - 170 p.
A powerful and realistic novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship. This book brings the terrible Afghanistan/Taliban situation home to North American young people with humanity and power. Eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul. Parvana transforms herself into a boy so she can help her family financially and become the breadwinner.
0-88899-419-2 $15.95
The Breadwinner - Toronto A Groundwood Book 2000 - 170 p.
A powerful and realistic novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship. This book brings the terrible Afghanistan/Taliban situation home to North American young people with humanity and power. Eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul. Parvana transforms herself into a boy so she can help her family financially and become the breadwinner.
0-88899-419-2 $15.95