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The breadwinner :

Tanaka, Shelley,

The breadwinner : a graphic novel / text adapted by Shelley Tanaka from the Breadwinner film, from a screenplay by Anita Doron - 77 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Statement of responsiblity from colophon "Based on the original book by Deborah Ellis ; adapted from the feature film directed by Nora Twomey"--Title page

"Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city. Parvana's father -- a history teacher until his school was bombed and his health destroyed -- works from a blanket on the ground in the marketplace, reading letters for people who cannot read or write. One day, he is arrested for having forbidden books, and the family is left without someone who can earn money or even shop for food. As conditions for the family grow desperate, only one solution emerges. Forbidden to earn money as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy, and become the breadwinner"--Provided by publisher

Ages 10-14

9781773061634 1773061631

PN6733.T354 / B73 2018

GN F

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