The Breadwinner (16pt Large Print Edition)

The Breadwinner (16pt Large Print Edition)

The Breadwinner (16pt Large Print Edition)

Deborah Ellis

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ReadHowYouWant.com Pty Limited
Año de edición:
2013
Materia
Ficción general (infantil/juvenil)
ISBN:
9780369308429
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Over two million copies of The Breadwinner Trilogy sold worldwide Eleven - year - old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed - out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital city. Parvana’s father - a history teacher until his school was bombed and his health destroyed - works from a blanket on the ground in the marketplace, reading letters for people who cannot read or write. One day, he is arrested for the crime of having a foreign education, and the family is left wihtout someone who can earn money or even shop for food. As conditions for the family grow desperate, only one solution emerges. Forbidden to earn money as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy, and become the breadwinner. The Breadwinner is a novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances.

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