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Parvana's Promise

By Deborah Ellis
Series: Parvana
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Parvana's Promise by Deborah Ellis is a moving story about a young Afghan girl named Parvana, who is detained and questioned in a refugee camp without her family. As she recounts her journey, readers are taken on an emotional ride through her past struggles and resilience, capturing the hardships refugees face while highlighting Parvana's courage and determination.
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Parvana, now fifteen, is found in a bombed-out school and held as a suspected terrorist by American troops in Afghanistan. A stunning sequel to Parvana and Parvana's Journey.

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She could tell the woman was watching her through the small window in the door. The girl kept her back against the door and didn't move.

'We can keep you locked up here for a very long time,' the woman finally said, speaking softly. 'Talk to me. Is your name Parvana?'

The girl remained with her back against the door. Silent. She heard the woman's boots walk away down the hall. She stood and waited, listening hard to see if the boots would come back.

When she was sure she was alone, the girl in the dusty blue chador finally spoke. 'Yes,' she whispered. 'My name is Parvana.'

Parvana's Promise tells the powerful and poignant story of resilience and hope, following a young girl navigating her world in the face of adversity.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781743312988

Publisher: A&U Children's

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 October 2012

Country: Australia

Imprint: A&U Children

Audience: Children, Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 194g

Pages: 216

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Deborah Ellis Series: Parvana Young Adult

About the Author

Deborah Ellis has achieved international acclaim with her courageous and dramatic books that give Western readers a glimpse into the plight of children in developing countries. She has won the Governor General's Award, Sweden's Peter Pan Prize, the Ruth Schwartz Award, the University of California's Middle East Book Award, the Jane Addams Children's Book Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award. A long-time feminist and anti-war activist, she is best known for the Parvana series, which has been published around the world in twenty-nine languages, with more than two million dollars in royalties donated to organisations such as Women for Women in Afghanistan, UNICEF, and Street Kids International. In 2017, Parvana was adapted into an award-winning animated film called The Breadwinner. In 2006, Deb was named to the Order of Ontario and in 2016 she was named to the Order of Canada.

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