Title Parvana's journey / Deborah Ellis

Published Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2002 Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2002, c2000

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Ell/Pjo		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Ell/Pjo		AVAILABLE
W'BOOL CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Ell/Pjo		AVAILABLE

Description 199 pages : maps ; 20 cm regular print Series Premier's Reading Challenge, 7-9 Ellis, Deborah, 1960- Breadwinner series ; bk. 2 Premier's Reading Challenge, 7-9 Summary Imagine that your house has been destroyed by bombs, your friends have fled or been killed, your mother, sister and little brother are missing, and today you buried your father... This is the reality for Parvana, who sets out alone to walk across war-torn Afghanistan in search of her family. Parvana's Journey is the riveting story of a young girl's talent for friendship, hope and gritty determination despite the ravages of war. Sometimes shocking and sad, always compelling, this novel takes an honest, compassionate look at the situation in Afghanistan, and the courage and resilience that can keep children afloat even in the most terrible circumstances Notes Sequel to: The breadwinner Audience For children aged 12-16 years Subject Taliban -- Fiction. Taliban. Taliban -- Young adult fiction SUBJECT Taliban http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98126907 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 Subject Taliban -- Juvenile fiction. Families -- Fiction. Sex role -- Fiction. Refugees, Afghan -- Fiction Persistence -- Fiction. Girls -- Afghanistan. Refugees -- Afghanistan -- Fiction. War stories. Premier's Reading Challenge -- Year 7 - Year 9 Girls -- Afghanistan -- Fiction. Refugees -- Afghanistan. Readers -- Afghanistan. Girls -- Afghanistan -- Young adult fiction Refugees -- Afghanistan -- Young adult fiction Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- Juvenile fiction. Refugees -- Afghanistan -- Fiction. Young adult fiction. Refugees -- Afghanistan -- Juvenile fiction. Girls -- Afghanistan -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT Afghanistan http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79063030 -- Young adult fiction Afghanistan http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79063030 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674 Afghanistan -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114093 Afghanistan http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79063030 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Genre/Form War fiction. Australian fiction Juvenile works. Teen fiction Premier's Reading Challenge. 7-9 ISBN 9781865089997 (paperback)

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