Parvana's Journey (The Breadwinner Collection)

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Because Parvana's father can no longer work, her family situation becomes dire, as women are not allowed to travel outside the home unless accompanied by a related male in Afghanistan. I’m glad to say that my youngest sister was the person who recommended this book to me, and the middle school where I did one of my teaching internships also taught this book. These books provided me with a greater understanding of what both women and men must go through in Afghanistan, living in fear of the Taliban.

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From these interviews, she wrote The Breadwinner series, which includes The Breadwinner (2001), a book about a girl named Parvana, [3] [4] Parvana's Journey (2002), its sequel, [5] Mud City (2003), about Shauzia, Parvana's best friend, [6] and My Name is Parvana (2011), the fourth book in the series. The fifth book in Ellis's Breadwinner series, One More Mountain was published by Groundwood books in 2022, takes up Parvana's story as the Americans are leaving Afghanistan and the Taliban are regaining control in Kabul. Parvana and Shauzia make a pact to meet with each other 20 years later in France, at the top of the Eiffel Tower. The stories are set against backdrops as diverse as the remote north of Canada to Moscow's Red Square to an opium farm in Afghanistan. Parvana and her mother go to the local jail and beg for her father to be freed, but the guards beat them for being so outspoken.Weera, a former physical education teacher, who comes to stay with Parvana's family to help Parvana's depressed mother and take charge of the household.

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Throughout the book, Parvana grows closer to her older sister Nooria as well as the woman who appears in the window of a building close to where Parvana works. Both books were very intriguing and made me open my eyes about what other people around the world go through on a day to day basis just to survive. The title of the book refers to the role of the protagonist, 11-year-old Parvana, who is forced by circumstances to be the breadwinner for her family in a war-torn Taliban-era in Afghanistan. In 2014, she published Moon at Nine, a YA novel based on the true story of two teenage girls who are arrested and thrown in prison in Iran, a country where homosexuality is punishable by death.The book has received several literary awards, including the Peter Pan Prize and the Middle East Book Award in 2002. This installment was just as good as the first for me and it’s hard for me to choose between the two for a favourite!

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These books appeal to me because the realities of war and the horrible hardships faced by the people at the hands of the Taliban are heartbreaking and important to be aware of.

While The Breadwinner was inspired by an interview with a mother and a girl who disguised herself as a boy in a refugee camp, [7] the subsequent books in the series were more imaginative explorations of how children would survive. Shauzia, who had been planning to run away from her family so that she would not have to marry, tells Parvana that she will also be leaving with some nomads. After an accident causes Diego's family to owe money to the prison in which they are incarcerated in, the boy must earn them money. Ignorance about other countries, cultures, and struggles upsets me more than most things, and I think reading this book at a young age could definitely develop a cultural sensitivity and interest in young readers for world issues.

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In 2008, Ellis published Lunch with Lenin and Other Stories, a collection of short stories that explores the lives of children who have been affected directly, or indirectly, by drugs. She was particularly struck by the story of a young girl who had cut off her hair and disguised herself as a boy so she could earn money to support her family. This book would be the perfect introduction to the reality of war torn Afghanistan for any middle school aged child.

Profile of Deborah Ellis Archived February 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, University of Manitoba. Previous book award winners Archived April 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Jane Addams Peace Association, pp. When Deborah Ellis read about the Taliban occupation of Afghanistan and about their brutal treatment of girls and women, she decided that she had to get involved. I would definitely recommend these books to any person who enjoys reading books based on real life events.