description: Imagine living in a country in which women and girls are not allowed to leave the house without a man. Imagine having to wear clothes that cover every part of your body, including your face, whenever you go out.In this powerful and realistic tale, eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital city during the Taliban rule. 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 in the family grow desperate, only one solution emerges. Forbidden by the Taliban government to earn money as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy and become the breadwinner.
title: The Breadwinner: An Afghan Child In A War Torn Land
titlecomplete: The Breadwinner: An Afghan Child In A War Torn Land
characters: Nooria, Parvana
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Read For School, Realistic Fiction, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 27265
places: Afghanistan
series: The Breadwinner
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Hackmatack Children's Choice Award
category: English Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Rocky Mountain Book Award