![]() A map, glossary and author's note provide young readers with background and context. The Breadwinneris a novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances. Forbidden to earn money as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy, and become the breadwinner. One day, he is arrested for the crime of having a foreign education, and the family is left wihtout someone who can earn money or even shop for food.Īs conditions for the family grow desperate, only one solution emerges. ![]() ![]() Parvana's father ߞ a history teacher until his school was bombed and his health destroyed ߞ works from a blanket on the ground in the marketplace, reading letters for people who cannot read or write. Over two million copies of The Breadwinner Trilogy sold worldwideĮleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city. ![]()
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