Title: The breadwinner
Description: Parvana is an eleven-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom, and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she embarks on a quest to find her father and reunite her family.
Subjects: Girls, Drama, Sex role, Women's rights, Taliban, Film adaptations, Children's fiction, Cartoons and comics, Afghanistan, fiction
Places: Afghanistan
People: Deborah Ellis (1960-)