Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
170
Language
English
Published
Mar 1, 2001
Publisher
Groundwood Books
ISBN-10
0888994192
ISBN-13
9780888994196
Description
In this powerful and realistic tale, eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul during the Taliban rule. When Parvana's father is arrested conditions in the family grow desperate. Forbidden by the Taliban government to earn money as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy, and become the breadwinner.
Genres
Mystery
Children’s
Action & Adventure
History
Business & Economics
Health & Wellness
Crime