A special movie tie-in edition of The Breadwinner, the first book in
the best-selling Breadwinner series by Deborah Ellis, featuring an
eight-page color insert with stills from the movie.
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 book includes a map, author's note and a glossary to provide young
readers with background and context. An eight-page color insert features
stills from the movie. 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.
Key Text Features
map
author's note
foreword
glossary
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language
Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3
Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a
story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how
characters interact).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3
Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of
episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot
moves toward a resolution.
