'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. Deborah Ellis uses simple, compelling language, memorable characters, and a wealth of imaginative detail in this wrenching look at the human cost of war that is also a surprisingly hopeful story of survival. In Mud City, the focus shifts to 14-year-old Shauzia, who lives in the Widows' Compound in Pakistan and dreams of escaping to a new life in France. Again masquerading as a boy, she joins a group of wandering children, all refugees from war, who exist mainly on courage. Parvana, now 13 years old, is determined to find them. In Parvana's Journey, her father has died and the family has scattered. Forbidden to earn money as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy and become the breadwinner. The Breadwinner The first book in Deborah Elliss riveting Breadwinner series is an award-winning novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under. When her father is arrested for the crime of having a foreign education, the family is left with no money or resources. Samson, a criminal defense attorney, struggles to keep his family safe and his sanity intact when the world comes apart at the seams. In a matter of days the human race is reduced to nothing more than vicious, flesh hungry creatures. The Breadwinner is set in Afghanistan, where 11-year-old Parvana lives with her family in a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul. An omnibus edition of all the three books in Stevie Kopas The Breadwinner Trilogy. Now young readers can experience this entire epic story in one volume. My Name Is Parvana In this stunning sequel to The Breadwinner Trilogy, Parvana, now fifteen, is found in a bombed-out school and held as a suspected terrorist by American troops in Afghanistan.Deborah Ellis’ trilogy has been a phenomenal success, both critically and commercially. It is the dream for which she has forsaken family and friends. This is the dream that has sustained her through the terrible years in Kabul. But she still dreams of seeing the ocean and eventually making a new life in France. Mud City Parvana's best friend, Shauzia, has escaped the misery of her life in Kabul, only to end up in a refugee camp in Pakistan.

Parvana's father has died, and her mother, sister and brother have gone to a faraway wedding, not knowing what has happened to the father. The Breadwinner The first book in Deborah Elliss riveting Breadwinner series is an award-winning novel about. She’s proud of being Afghan and adores Afghan history. Parvana's Journey A war is raging in Afghanistan as a coalition of Western forces tries to oust the Taliban by bombing the country. The Breadwinner Characters Next Parvana Parvana Parvana is the novel’s 11-year-old protagonist. The Breadwinner 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.

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