• The Breadwinner
Author(s): Deborah Ellis
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 176
Publisher: GROUNDWOOD BOOKS
Language: English
Date Published: 2015-05-12
Dimensions: 132 x 202 x 12mm
Publication City/Country: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Edition: Anniversary ed.
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The first book in Deborah Ellis's riveting Breadwinner series is an award-winning novel about loyalty, survival, families, and friendship under extraordinary circumstances during the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan. Eleven-year-old 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 the crime of having a foreign education, 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. The 15th anniversary edition includes a special foreword by Deborah Ellis as well as a new map, an updated author's note, and a glossary to provide young readers with background and context. All royalties from the sale of this book will go to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan. Parvana's Fund supports education projects for Afghan women and children.
Book Info
Author Deborah Ellis
Date Published 2015-05-12
Dimensions 132 x 202 x 12mm
Edition Anniversary ed.
First Author Deborah Ellis
Format Paperback
ISBN 9781554987658
Language English
No. of Pages 176
Publication City/Country Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Publisher GROUNDWOOD BOOKS

The Breadwinner

  • Deborah Ellis
  • Paperback
  • Publisher: GROUNDWOOD BOOKS
  • ISBN: 9781554987658
  • Availability:In Stock
  • $304