Ellis, Deborah, 1960-

The breadwinner / Deborah Ellis. - Berkeley, CA : Distributed in the U.S.A. by Publishers Group West, [2006], c2000. - 170 p. : maps ; 20 cm.

"Groundwood Books.".

Book Links (A.L.A.). Five Owls. Publisher's Weekly.

Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.

6.0 Follett Library Resources. 6.1. 5-8 Follett Library Resources.

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Family life--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Sex role--Afghanistan--Fiction.
Women--Employment--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Sex role--Fiction.
Women--Employment--Fiction.


Afghanistan--Fiction.
Afghanistan--Fiction.

PZ7.E469 / Br 2006

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