Cover image for The breadwinner : a graphic novel
Title:
The breadwinner : a graphic novel
ISBN:
9781773061634
Physical Description:
77 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
General Note:
Based on the original book by Deborah Ellis.
Summary:
Young Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan. Because Parvana's father has a foreign education, he is arrested by the Taliban. Women cannot appear in public unless covered head to toe, go to school, or work outside the home, so the family becomes increasingly desperate until Parvana conceives a plan.
Lexile:
GN510L
Accelerated Reader:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 2.5 0.5 193578.
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