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The Breadwinner

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All girls will have to read The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis Malala Yousafzai New York Times The first book in Deborah Ellis s riveting Breadwinner series is an award winning novel about loyalty survival families and friendship under strange circumstances throughout 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 on the market reading letters for people who cannot read or write In the future 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 will have to become herself into a boy and turn out to be the breadwinner The fifteenth anniversary edition includes a special foreword by Deborah Ellis as well as a new map an up to date writer 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 All girls will have to read The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis Malala Yousafzai New York Times The first book in Deborah Ellis s riveting Breadwinner series is an award winning novel about loyalty survival families and friendship under strange circumstances throughout 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 on the market reading letters for people who cannot read or write In the future he is arrested for

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