Parvana's father is arrested and taken away by the Taliban soldiers. Under Taliban law, women and girls are not allowed to leave the house on their own. Parvana, her mother, and sisters must stay inside. Four days later, the food runs out. They face starvation. So Parvana must pretend to be a boy to save her family. It is a dangerous plan, but their only chance. In fear she goes out - and witnesses the horror of landmines, and the bruality of the Taliban. She suffers beatings and the desperation of trying to survive. But even in despair lies hope
Het geluk van Parvana Reeks
Deze serie volgt de levens van jonge meisjes die gedwongen worden hun weg te vinden in de harde realiteit van oorlogsgebieden en onder repressieve regimes. De verhalen benadrukken de buitengewone veerkracht, moed en vindingrijkheid die deze meisjes tentoonspreiden terwijl ze immense verantwoordelijkheden op zich nemen voor hun families. Het zijn aangrijpende verhalen over uithoudingsvermogen, vriendschap en hoop tegenover overweldigende tegenspoed.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
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, eleven-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.
Alandar - 8: El pan de la guerra
- 144bladzijden
- 6 uur lezen
Parvana es una chica de once años que vive en Kabul, la capital de Afganistán, durante la época del gobierno de los talibanes. Cuando su padre es detenido, su familia -sin recursos para poder vivir-, buscará una solución desesperada: Parvana, que por ser mujer tiene prohibido ganar dinero, deberá transformarse en un chico. "El pan de la guerra" es un libro duro y realista que habla, con humanidad y fuerza, de la supervivencia, la familia, la amistad, la intolerancia y la guerra.
Rollercoasters: Breadwinner Reader
- 176bladzijden
- 7 uur lezen
Rollercoasters novels are popular because of the wide selection of fiction, appealing to girls, boys and mixed-ability classes. The Breadwinner is ideal for Year 7 or mixed-ability classes
Parvana's Journey
- 176bladzijden
- 7 uur lezen
The second book in The Breadwinner series by award-winning author, Deborah Ellis, tells the story of Parvana, travelling alone across a war-ridden Afghanistan in an attempt to find her family.
Mud City
- 160bladzijden
- 6 uur lezen
Shauzia is Parvana's friend from The Breadwinner. Now Shauzia has fled from Afghanistan, to a refugee camp in Pakistan. She dreams of getting away from the refugee camp and travelling to France. Escape is not so easy. But Shauzia is determined to find a new future for herself. This is a story on the human situation in Afghanistan.
My Name Is Parvana
- 240bladzijden
- 9 uur lezen
Fifteen-year-old Parvana has rebuilt her life after being reunited with her mother and sisters. But suspicion and fear towards the education of women have put them all in danger. When Parvana is held at an American army base in Afghanistan, suspected of being a terrorist, she must protect her family at all costs.
