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Ideal for children and young readers interested in stories about courage, resilience, and life in difficult circumstances. Suitable for educational settings exploring global cultures and history.
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See moreOver two million copies of The Breadwinner Trilogy sold worldwide 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 marketplac...
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Over two million copies of The Breadwinner Trilogy sold worldwide.
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 Breadwinner is a novel about loyalty, survival, families, and friendship under extraordinary circumstances.
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ISBN: 9780369308429
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 May 2013
Imprint: ReadHowYouWant
Edition: Large type / large print edition
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 277g
Pages: 194
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About the Author
Deborah Ellis is best known for her Breadwinner Trilogy set in Afghanistan and Pakistan - a series that has been published in twenty - five languages, with more than one million dollars in royalties donated to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan and Street Kids International. She has won the Governor General's Award, the Ruth Schwartz Award, the University of California's Middle East Book Award, Sweden's Peter Pan Prize, the Jane Addams Children's Book Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award for a Body of Work. She recently received the Ontario Library Association's President's Award for Exceptional Achievement, and she has been named to the Order of Ontario. Deborah lives in Simcoe, Ontario.
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