by Deborah Ellis · Hachette Jeunesse · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782013218368
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«Parvana, tome 1: Une enfance en Afghanistan» is the young adult novel by Deborah Ellis, published by Hachette Jeunesse in paperback (192 pages, in French).
Eleven-year-old Parvana lives in Kabul under the Taliban regime, where women cannot go out alone or work. When her father is imprisoned, the family is left without support, and Parvana disguises herself as a boy to earn money in the market and provide for her family. The novel portrays the oppression and resistance of a girl facing adversity.
First installment of The Breadwinner series by Deborah Ellis; the original work, in English, was published in 2000.
Recommended for readers aged 9 to 12, with a realistic story about childhood in a country at war.
Deborah Ellis is a Canadian fiction writer and activist. Her themes are often concerned with the sufferings of persecuted children in the Third World.
