Parvana's Journey
by:
Deborah Ellis (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780613888004 (0613888006)
Publish date: September 1st 2003
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Academic,
School,
Cultural,
Survival,
Realistic Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
War
Series: The Breadwinner (#2)
After how much I adored the first book in this series, I decided to continue on with Parvana and her journey to find her family. I'm glad I did. This is a beautiful, heartbreaking, painful story about a young girl as she travels throughout Afghanistan under the Taliban rule. I'll put it bluntly, thi...
Parvana is a girl in midst of a terrible war in Afghanistan. Her father has just died and she desperately wants to find her mother and siblings. She disguises herself as a boy in order to travel without great difficulty in her country. Everywhere there are enormous obstacles. She cannot find food. S...