The Breadwinner

Deborah Ellis

Groundwood Books

2015

176 páginas

5h 52m

ISBN-13: 9781554987658

The first book in Deborah Ellis’s riveting Breadwinner series is an award-winning novel about loyalty, survival, families, and friendship under extraordinary circumstances during the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan. 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 without 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 15th anniversary edition includes a special foreword by Deborah Ellis as well as a new map, an updated author’s note, and a glossary to provide young readers with background and context. All royalties from the sale of this book will go to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan. Parvana’s Fund supports education projects for Afghan women and children.

Resenhas (5)

4.5 (Muito bom)

li esse livro por causa da minha aula de inglês e uauu. no começo não achei que eu ia achar tão bom, pq não é mt do gênero que eu leio muito, mas serio surpreendentemente eu amei, ele não levanta só assuntos comuns de família, mas também sobre sobrevivência, sacrifícios, riscos, e a esperança de uma vida melhor e mudança.
só n recomendo pra tds as idades, eu sei q ele foi originalmente um livro escrito pra criança, mas tem uma cena ou outra que acho mt explícita e que pode ser
um gatilho pra pessoas muito sensíveis.