TY - BOOK AU - Tanaka,Shelley AU - Ellis,Deborah AU - Doron,Anita ED - Breadwinner Canada Inc ED - Cartoon Saloon (Firm) ED - Mélusine Productions. TI - The breadwinner: a graphic novel SN - 9781773061634 AV - PN6733.T354 B73 2018 U1 - GN F 23 KW - Taliban KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Women's rights KW - Sex role KW - Disguise KW - Survival KW - Kabul (Afghanistan) KW - Afghanistan KW - Comics (Graphic works.) KW - Graphic novels KW - Juvenile works KW - Fiction KW - lcgft KW - Comics (Graphic works) N1 - Statement of responsiblity from colophon; "Based on the original book by Deborah Ellis ; adapted from the feature film directed by Nora Twomey"--Title page; Ages 10-14 N2 - "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 ER -