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.
Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
170 pages
Language
English
Published
Mar 1, 2001
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Editions
91 editions
ISBN-10
0888994192
ISBN-13
9780888994196