Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
A special edition of The Breadwinner, the first book in Deborah Ellis's riveting Breadwinner series, will be published in fall 2017 to coincide with the launch of the animated movie. It is an award-winning novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances during the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan.
Eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city. Parvana's 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 book includes a foreword by Deborah Ellis, as well as a map, author's note and a glossary to provide young readers with background and context. An eight-page color insert features stills from the movie. All royalties from the sale of this book will go to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan. Parvana's Fund supports education projects for Afghan women and children.
Synopsis
- The long-awaited animated movie will launch at festivals in fall 2017, with wide release in Spring 2018 (from Cartoon Saloon, directed by Nora Twomey, executive produced by Mimi Polk Gitlin and Angelina Jolie).
- This edition will contain an eight-page color insert with stills from the movie.
- The Breadwinner's track record speaks for itself -- we've printed more than 712,114 copies for North America since publication in 2000; more than two million copies of the series have sold worldwide.
- The Breadwinner series was inspired by the stories Deborah Ellis heard and the children she met in Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan.
- The Breadwinner is a gripping story that gives young readers insight into the people and recent events in Afghanistan.
- Deborah is a warm, dynamic speaker who is invited all over the world to talk to adult and young audiences.
- Deborah remains prolific, and her writing is stronger than ever. Her books continue to receive critical acclaim (No Ordinary Day was a Governor General's Award finalist and The Cat at the Wall was selected for Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices and Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year). Deb has a short-story collection and a novel forthcoming from Groundwood.
Synopsis
A special movie tie-in edition of The Breadwinner, the first book in the best-selling Breadwinner series by Deborah Ellis, featuring an eight-page color insert with stills from the movie.
Eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city. Parvana's 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 book includes a map, author's note and a glossary to provide young readers with background and context. An eight-page color insert features stills from the movie. All royalties from the sale of this book will go to Right to Learn Afghanistan. Parvana's Fund supports education projects for Afghan women and children.
Key Text Features
map
author's note
foreword
glossary
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3
Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3
Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.