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  • Written by: Deborah Ellis
  • Narrated by: Rita Wolf
  • Length: 3 hrs
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (33 ratings)

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The Breadwinner

Written by: Deborah Ellis
Narrated by: Rita Wolf
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Publisher's Summary

Imagine living in a country in which women and girls are not allowed to leave the house without a man. Imagine having to wear clothes that cover every part of your body, including your face, whenever you go out.

In this powerful and realistic tale, 11-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city during the Taliban rule. 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. One day he is arrested for the crime of having a foreign education, and the family is left without someone who can earn money or even shop for food. As conditions in the family grow desperate, only one solution emerges.

Forbidden by the Taliban government to earn money as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy and become the breadwinner.

©2001 Deborah Ellis (P)2008 Listening Library

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I heard so much wonderful things about this book and I understand why. It is beautiful. I cannot wait to read the rest of Parvana's journey

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Glad I listened

This story is so sad, but I’m glad I listened to it. It has caused me to be more thankful for the freedom I enjoy, and the things I have. I pray that circumstances will change for the families in Kabul and all nations living under terrorist regimes.

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