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The breadwinner

Author: Deborah Ellis
Publisher: Toronto : Douglas & McIntyre ; Berkeley, CA : Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West, 2001.
Edition/Format:   Book : Elementary and junior high school : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.
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Genre/Form: Juvenile materials
Juvenile fiction
Fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Ellis, Deborah, 1960-
Breadwinner.
Toronto : Douglas & McIntyre ; Berkeley, CA : Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West, 2001
(OCoLC)698036776
Material Type: Elementary and junior high school, Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Deborah Ellis
ISBN: 0888994192 9780888994196 0888994168 9780888994165
OCLC Number: 47120972
Notes: "A groundwood book."
Sequel: Parvana's journey.
Description: 170 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
Responsibility: Deborah Ellis.

Abstract:

Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.

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