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The breadwinner : a graphic novel / text adapted by Shelley Tanaka from the Breadwinner film, from a screenplay by Anita Doron

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextDescription: 77 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9781773061634
  • 1773061631
Uniform titles:
  • Breadwinner (motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • GN F 23
LOC classification:
  • PN6733.T354 B73 2018
Summary: "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
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Graphic Novel-Juv MVS Library Children's Room K- Comic/Graphic Novel (Juv) GN F BREADWINNER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4006046

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"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

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