Deborah Ellis

The Breadwinner

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The Breadwinner, the first in the Breadwinner Trilogy, is an award-winning novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances. A map, glossary and author's note provide young readers with background and context.
One day, Parvana's father is arrested by the Taliban — the extreme religious faction that controls Afghanistan — and the family is left without anyone to earn money and shop for food. Forbidden to work as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy to save her family. The Breadwinner is a novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances. A map, glossary and author's note provide young readers with background and context.
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  • Valeria Valderramahas quoted6 years ago
    Parvana didn’t want to say goodbye. “When will we see each other again?” she asked in a panic. “How will we keep in touch?”

    “I’ve got it all figured out,” Shauzia said. “We’ll meet again on the first day of spring, twenty years from now.”

    “All right. Where?”

    “The top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. I told you I was going to France.”
  • Valeria Valderramahas quoted6 years ago
    but we have seen so much ugliness, we sometimes forget how wonderful a thing like a flower is.”
  • Valeria Valderramahas quoted6 years ago
    One thing in her life had been repaired. Her father was home now. Maybe the rest of the family would come back, too.

    Parvana was filled with hope.

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