The Breadwinner Graphic Novel
by Deborah Ellis
ISBN: 9780192768568
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Weight: 262g
Dimensions: 176 x 256 x 5 (mm)
Description:
This beautiful graphic-novel adaptation of The Breadwinner animated film tells the story of eleven-year-old Parvana who must disguise herself as a boy to support her family during the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan. Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city. 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.