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The Breadwinner

by Deborah Ellis

Parvanna and her mother and sisters face starvation when her father is arrested. Taliban law states that women must stay at home. Parvanna pretends to be a boy to save them from starvation.

Themes

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  • Supporting Each Other
  • Power Of Family And Friendship
  • Adventure
  • Survival
  • Courage
  • Taliban
  • Starvation
  • Education
  • Freedom
  • Confinement
  • Suffering
  • Warfare
  • Hope
  • Discrimination