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Loading... Den osynliga flickan (original 2000; edition 2007)by Deborah Ellis, Helena Ridelberg
Work detailsThe Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis (2000)
 Yona | May 2, 2013 |  WATCH BOOK TRAILER Parvana lives in Kabul, Afghanistan. When conditions grow desperate for her family, she poses as a boy so she can earn money to help them. KilmerMSLibrary | Apr 30, 2013 | The Breadwinner is a richly-written story of Parvana, a young girl growing up in Taliban-occupied Afghanistan. After her father is imprisoned (apparently just for being an educated man), Parvana must dress up as a boy in order to be able to go out into the market and earn money for her family to survive--girls or women were prohibited by the Taliban from going out alone. This book is very important, not only because of the social themes of injustice and oppression, but also because of the personal struggles of the heroine, who grows in courage and love through the hardships she endures. I would recommend it for ages 8 and up. (  ) SylviaSmile | Apr 25, 2013 | This book had no real plot that I could see. Who is the lady who keeps throwing tokens down from the window? We never really find out. What happens to her family at the end? We don't really know. What happens to Mrs. Weeza and the secret school? Nooriya? The Taliban? Anyway, the list goes on and on. I felt as if this children's book was attempting to provide an overview of the harsh Taliban regime and a family's suffering. But that's just it- it's an overview. I wanted a story and a plot I could truly care about and feel for. I got neither. I felt like I was reading the book in a truly superficial way. My favorite part was the Author's note at the end which mentions how, "In the fall of 2001, the Taliban were driven from most of Afghanistan" but failed to mentioned who did the driving out. Way to conceal a whole messy can of worms from the innocent youth. (  ) RubyA | Mar 30, 2013 | RGG: Life under the Taliban in Afghanistan as told by a young girl. The first in a series. rgruberexcel | Sep 2, 2012 | no reviews | add a review
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In the wily Parvana, Ellis creates a character to whom North American children will have no difficulty relating. The daughter of university-educated parents, Parvana is thoroughly westernized in her outlook and responses. A pint-sized version of Offred from Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Parvana conceals her critique of the repressive Muslim state behind the veil of her chador. Although the dialogue is occasionally stilted and the ending disappointingly sketchy, The Breadwinner is essential reading for any child curious about ordinary Afghans. Like so many books and movies on the subject, it is also eerily prophetic. "Maybe someone should drop a big bomb on the country and start again," says a friend of Parvana's. "'They've tried that,' Parvana said, 'It only made things worse.'" (Ages 9 to 12) --Lisa Alward
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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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Parvana became very real for me and the book held my interest through every page. It felt like historical fiction but with the history ranging from the very recent past through the present "history in the making".
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