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The Breadwinner Trilogy

For the first time, all three books in Deborah Ellis' award-winning The Breadwinner Trilogy are available in a single volume! The Breadwinner is set in Afghanistan, where 11-year-old Parvana lives with her family in a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul. When her father is arrested by the Taliban for the crime of having a foreign education, the family is left with no money or resources. Forbidden to earn money as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy and become the breadwinner. In Parvana's Journey, her father has died and the family has scattered. Parvana, now 13 years old, is determined to find them. Again masquerading as a boy, she joins a group of wandering children, all refugees from war, who exist mainly on courage. In Mud City, the focus shifts to 14-year-old Shauzia, who lives in the Widows' Compound in Pakistan and dreams of escaping to a new life in France.

Deborah Ellis uses simple, compelling language, memorable characters, and a wealth of imaginative detail in this wrenching look at the human cost of war that is also a surprisingly hopeful story of survival.

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Product Details

Recommended Age 10 and up
Author Deborah Ellis
ISBN 0888999593
Publication Date Aug 25, 2009
Publisher Groundwood Books
Series Name The Breadwinner Series
Language English