The Breadwinner

Deborah Ellis

Eleven-year-old Parvana lives in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital city. Her father works from a blanket on the ground in the marketplace, reading letters for people who cannot read or write. One day he is arrested 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 must disguise herself as a boy, and become the breadwinner.

“A great kids’ book ... a graphic geopolitical brief that’s also a girl-power parable.” — Newsweek

“... a book ... about the hard times — and the courage — of Afghan children.” — Washington Post

Baia delle Favole Literary Award • Hackmatack Award • Middle East Book Award • Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award • Sweden’s Peter Pan Prize • YALSA PPYA

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