The breadwinner
Ellis, Deborah, 1960-
The breadwinner [contracted braille] / Deborah Ellis. - Los Angeles, Ca. : Braille Institute, 2008. - 2 v. of contracted braille.
Contracted braille.
Parvana has lived with her mother, father, brother and baby brother for a year and a half in the third floor of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan. When Parvana's father is taken to prison for reading books unrelated to the Qu'ran the family is put into a terrible position. Who will be able to earn a living where girls are forbidden to go outside alone, even for water ? Who will be the breadwinner where even professional women cannot use their skills and gifts except through the underground or through the help of other women in a network?
Ages 11 and up.
0888994168
Sex role--Juvenile fiction.
Women--Social conditions--Afghanistan--Juvenile fiction.
Disguise--Juvenile fiction.
Survival--Juvenile fiction.
Family life--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile Fiction.
Afghanistan--Social life and customs--Juvenile fiction.
Canadian Author.
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The breadwinner [contracted braille] / Deborah Ellis. - Los Angeles, Ca. : Braille Institute, 2008. - 2 v. of contracted braille.
Contracted braille.
Parvana has lived with her mother, father, brother and baby brother for a year and a half in the third floor of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan. When Parvana's father is taken to prison for reading books unrelated to the Qu'ran the family is put into a terrible position. Who will be able to earn a living where girls are forbidden to go outside alone, even for water ? Who will be the breadwinner where even professional women cannot use their skills and gifts except through the underground or through the help of other women in a network?
Ages 11 and up.
0888994168
Sex role--Juvenile fiction.
Women--Social conditions--Afghanistan--Juvenile fiction.
Disguise--Juvenile fiction.
Survival--Juvenile fiction.
Family life--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile Fiction.
Afghanistan--Social life and customs--Juvenile fiction.
Canadian Author.
F