Parvana's Journey (The Breadwinner Collection)

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Because Parvana's father can no longer work, her family situation becomes dire, as women are not allowed to travel outside the home unless accompanied by a related male in Afghanistan. I am a huge fan of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, and those books would definitely be a good follow up for kids who read and enjoy The Breadwinner Trilogy.

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Review of Lunch with Lenin and Other Stories Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, CM Magazine, University of Manitoba. This book would be the perfect introduction to the reality of war torn Afghanistan for any middle school aged child. Both books were very intriguing and made me open my eyes about what other people around the world go through on a day to day basis just to survive. From these interviews, she wrote The Breadwinner series, which includes The Breadwinner (2001), a book about a girl named Parvana, [3] [4] Parvana's Journey (2002), its sequel, [5] Mud City (2003), about Shauzia, Parvana's best friend, [6] and My Name is Parvana (2011), the fourth book in the series. I would recommend this trilogy to any young reader, in fact I think it is an important piece that all preteens should have on their shelves.This installment was just as good as the first for me and it’s hard for me to choose between the two for a favourite! Review of Mud City Archived February 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, CM Magazine, University of Manitoba. Shauzia, who had been planning to run away from her family so that she would not have to marry, tells Parvana that she will also be leaving with some nomads.

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We also pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal people.Review of Parvana's Journey Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, CM Magazine, University of Manitoba. While The Breadwinner was inspired by an interview with a mother and a girl who disguised herself as a boy in a refugee camp, [7] the subsequent books in the series were more imaginative explorations of how children would survive. The fifth book in Ellis's Breadwinner series, One More Mountain was published by Groundwood books in 2022, takes up Parvana's story as the Americans are leaving Afghanistan and the Taliban are regaining control in Kabul. Ellis is the recipient of the Governor General's Award, [9] the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, [18] the Vicky Metcalf Award for a body of work, [19] an ALA Notable, [20] and the Children's Africana Book Award Honor Book for Older Readers. If I ever end up teaching in a middle school, this is definitely a book I will have on the docket to pull out for a novel study.

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The Breadwinner, also known as Parvana, [1] is a children's novel by Deborah Ellis, [2] first published in 2001. Parvana and Shauzia make a pact to meet with each other 20 years later in France, at the top of the Eiffel Tower. The title of the book refers to the role of the protagonist, 11-year-old Parvana, who is forced by circumstances to be the breadwinner for her family in a war-torn Taliban-era in Afghanistan. Previous book award winners Archived April 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Jane Addams Peace Association, pp.

The book has received several literary awards, including the Peter Pan Prize and the Middle East Book Award in 2002. The novel was followed by four sequels, Parvana's Journey in 2002, Mud City in 2003, My Name is Parvana in 2012 and One More Mountain in 2022. These books appeal to me because the realities of war and the horrible hardships faced by the people at the hands of the Taliban are heartbreaking and important to be aware of. Ignorance about other countries, cultures, and struggles upsets me more than most things, and I think reading this book at a young age could definitely develop a cultural sensitivity and interest in young readers for world issues. Weera, a former physical education teacher, who comes to stay with Parvana's family to help Parvana's depressed mother and take charge of the household.

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I can definitely see this trilogy as one that would impact a young reader and become one of their most influential reads! Parvana is an 11-year-old girl who lives in Kabul, Afghanistan with her mother Fatana, her father Nurullah, her bossy older sister Nooria, her cheerful younger sister Maryam and her baby brother Ali. The result was The Breadwinner trilogy, which tells the compelling stories of Parvana and her best friend, Shauzia. In 2014, she published Moon at Nine, a YA novel based on the true story of two teenage girls who are arrested and thrown in prison in Iran, a country where homosexuality is punishable by death.He ends up in the coca "pits" where the coca leaves are made into coca paste, and the story follows his adventures from there. Throughout the book, Parvana grows closer to her older sister Nooria as well as the woman who appears in the window of a building close to where Parvana works. Born in Cochrane Ontario, Ellis and her family moved several times during her childhood due to her parents' work. After an accident causes Diego's family to owe money to the prison in which they are incarcerated in, the boy must earn them money.