| Description |
439 pages : maps ; 21 cm |
| Series |
The breadwinner trilogy |
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Ellis, Deborah, 1960-
Breadwinner trilogy
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| Contents |
The breadwinner -- Parvana's journey -- Mud City |
| Summary |
Mud City: Parvana's best friend, fourteen-year-old Shauzia, has escaped the misery of her life in Kabul, only to end up in a refugee camp in Pakistan. Shauzia finally decides to leave the camp and try her luck on the streets. She is determined to earn money to buy her passage out of the country. An incident with a dishonest man lands her in jail, where she spends the night, terrified and despairing, before well-meaning Americans she met when she was begging rescue her. They take her to their home in a residential part of Peshawar, and for a time she has a taste of a life where children have food to eat and warm beds and toys to play with, and she feels safe for the first time. But just when she thinks the family will ask her to stay with them, disaster ensues, and Shauzia finds herself driven back to the refugee camp, where she discovers the old choices are not so easy any more |
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Parvana's journey: The Taliban still control Afghanistan, but Kabul is in ruins. Parvana's father has just died, and her mother, sister, and brother could be anywhere in the country. Parvana knows she must find them. Despite her youth, Parvana sets out alone, masquerading as a boy. She soon meets other children who are victims of war -- an infant boy in a bombed-out village, a nine-year-old girl who thinks she has magic powers over landmines, and a boy with one leg. The children travel together, forging a kind of family out of sheer need. The strength of their bond makes it possible to survive the most desperate conditions |
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The breadwinner: Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, 11-year-old Parvana has rarely been outdoors. Barred from attending school, shopping at the market, or even playing in the streets of Kabul, Parvana is trapped inside her family's one-room home. That is, until the Taliban hauls away her father and Parvana realizes that it's up to her to become the "breadwinner" and disguise herself as a boy to support her mother, two sisters, and baby brother |
| Notes |
Animated motion picture of The Breadwinner released in 2017 |
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The breadwinner originally published: Toronto : Douglas & McIntyre, 2000, while the 2 others were published by Groundwood Books in 2002 and 2003 respectively |
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Ages 11-14 |
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Taliban -- Juvenile fiction.
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Determination (Personality trait) -- Juvenile fiction.
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Families -- Juvenile fiction.
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Girls -- Afghanistan -- Juvenile fiction.
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Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction.
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Missing persons -- Afghanistan -- Juvenile fiction.
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Refugee camps -- Pakistan -- Juvenile fiction.
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Refugee children -- Afghanistan -- Juvenile fiction.
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Responsibility -- Juvenile fiction.
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Sex role -- Juvenile fiction.
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Street children -- Juvenile fiction.
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Survival -- Juvenile fiction.
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Women -- Afghanistan -- Juvenile fiction.
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Sex role -- Fiction.
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Survival -- Fiction.
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| SUBJECT |
Afghanistan http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79063030 -- Juvenile fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687
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Afghanistan -- History -- 1989-2001 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89002317 -- Juvenile fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687
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Kabul (Afghanistan) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80056678 -- History -- 20th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006165 -- Juvenile fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687
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Peshawar (Pakistan) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50059553 -- History -- 20th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006165 -- Juvenile fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687
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Afghanistan -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114093
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| Genre/Form |
Novels.
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| Author |
Container of (work) Ellis, Deborah, 1960-
Breadwinner
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Container of (work) Ellis, Deborah, 1960-
Mud city
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Container of (work) Ellis, Deborah, 1960-
Parvana's journey
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| ISBN |
0888999593 |
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9780888999597 |
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