by Deborah Ellis · Editorial Luis Vives (Edelvives) · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788426354167
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«El pa de la guerra» is the children's and young adult novel by Deborah Ellis published by Baula in the Albades collection (no. 6), in paperback with flaps, 144 pages, in Catalan.
The UN describes Afghanistan under Taliban rule: an 11-year-old girl, Parvana, lives with her family in a room of a bombed building in Kabul. Her father, a former teacher, is arrested for having a foreign education, and the family is left without anyone to earn money or buy food. Since girls are forbidden to work, Parvana transforms into a boy to become the family's breadwinner.
It is the first book in the «The Breadwinner» series by Deborah Ellis, a novel that won the Andersen Prize. Catalan edition translated by Jordi Vilà.
For young readers who want a story of adventure and perseverance set in a real context of conflict and oppression.
Deborah Ellis is a Canadian fiction writer and activist. Her themes are often concerned with the sufferings of persecuted children in the Third World.
