Synopses & Reviews
The first book in Deborah Elliss riveting
Breadwinner series is an award-winning novel about loyalty, survival, families, and friendship under extraordinary circumstances during the Talibans rule in Afghanistan. Eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistans capital city. Parvanas father — a history teacher until his school was bombed and his health destroyed — 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. 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.
The 15th anniversary edition includes a special foreword by Deborah Ellis as well as a new map, an updated authors 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. Parvanas Fund supports education projects for Afghan women and children.
Synopsis
Parvana tiene 11 a os y vive en Afganist n bajo el mandato de los talibanes. Cuando detienen a su padre buscar una soluci n desesperada: convertirse en un chico.
Parvana es una chica de once a os que vive en Kabul, Afganist n, durante el gobierno de los talibanes a finales de la d cada de 1990. Cuando su padre es detenido, su familia -sin recursos para poder vivir-, buscar una soluci n desesperada: Parvana, que por ser mujer tiene prohibido ganar dinero, deber transformarse en un chico.
El pan de la guerra es un libro duro y realista que habla, con humanidad y fuerza, de la supervivencia, la familia, la amistad, la intolerancia y la guerra.
About the Author
Deborah Ellis is the author of over 18 books, many of them bestsellers worldwide. She lives in Simcoe, Ontario.