Deborah Ellis
Author
Series
Breadwinner Book 3
Publisher
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
In order to earn enough money to buy a way out of the Afghan refugee camp where she lives, Shauzia dresses like a boy, but is forced into panhandling and ends up in jail, gaining hope only when a well-meaning American family rescues her.
Author
Series
Breadwinner Book 2
Publisher
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
After her father dies, twelve-year-old Parvana is left to fend for herself and so, dressed as a boy and accompanied by other children on the run, must find a way to locate her remaining family inside war-torn Afghanistan.
Author
Series
Breadwinner Book 4
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2015
Description
A sequel to The Breadwinner, Parvana is imprisoned by the American authorities after being found in a bombed out school, but she will not tell them anything, even her name. The Taliban are not longer in power but the war is far from over.
Author
Series
Breadwinner series Book 1
Publisher
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Parvana, whose father was arrested by the Taliban, and whose family lives in one room of a bombed-out apartment building, must disguise herself as a boy to work and support her family.