“All girls [should read] The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis.” \u2015 Malala Yousafzai, New York Times<\/p>\n
The first book in Deborah Ellis\u2019s riveting Breadwinner series is an award-winning novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances during the Taliban\u2019s rule in Afghanistan in the late 1990s.<\/p>\n
Eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan\u2019s capital city. Parvana\u2019s father \u2015 a history teacher until his school was bombed and his health destroyed \u2015 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The fifteenth anniversary edition includes a special foreword by Deborah Ellis as well as a new map, an updated author\u2019s 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\u2019s Fund supports education projects for Afghan women and children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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