Cover image for The breadwinner : An Afghan child in a war torn land
Title:
The breadwinner : An Afghan child in a war torn land
Personal Author EPSB:
Deborah, Ellis
Summary:
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.
Year Published:
2000
Age Interest level:
Ages 11 and up.
Grade Interest level:
All Juvenile
Program Information:
7.1
Subject:
War.

Children of war.

Sex role -- Fiction.

Disguise -- Fiction.

Survival -- Fiction.

Women's rights -- Fiction.
Geographic Term:
Kabol (Afghanistan) -- Fiction.

Afghanistan -- Fiction.
Curriculum Objective:
Social studies---Study and teaching---Grade 6 Character education--Justice. local
ISBN:
9780439446334
Publisher:
Toronto, ON : Scholastic Inc, 2000.
Edmonton Public Schools