The breadwinner
[an Afghan child in a war torn land]
by Deborah Ellis
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The Breadwinner brings to life an issue that has recently exploded in the international media-- the reality of life under the Taliban. Young Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan. Because he has a foreign education, her father is arrested by the Taliban, the religious group that controls the country. Since women cannot appear in public unless covered head to toe, or go to school, or work outside the home, the family becomes increasingly desperate until Parvana conceives a plan. She cuts her hair and disguises herself as a boy to earn money for her family. [Booklist].
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The breadwinner: [an Afghan child in a war torn land]
2000, Scholastic
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0439446333 9780439446334
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1re impression par Scholastic en 2002 de l'éd. publiée par Douglas & McIntyre.
Enfants de 9 à 12 ans : 2e et 3e cycles du primaire.
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