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Recommended by Malala Yousafzai, The Breadwinner is the first book
in Deborah Ellis's bestselling series set in Afghanistan. This
award-winning novel explores loyalty, survival, family and
friendship under extraordinary circumstances. Parvana's father is
arrested and taken away by Taliban soldiers. Under Taliban law,
women and girls are not allowed to leave the house on their own.
Parvana, her mother, and sisters are prisoners in their own home.
With no man to go out to buy food, they face starvation. Forbidden
to earn money as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy,
and become the breadwinner to save her family. It is a dangerous
plan, but their only chance. In fear, she goes out, and witnesses
the horror of landmines, the brutality of the Taliban, and the
desperation of a country trying to survive. But even in despair
lies hope . . .
This beautiful graphic-novel adaptation of The Breadwinner animated
film tells the story of eleven-year-old Parvana who must disguise
herself as a boy to support her family during the Taliban's rule in
Afghanistan. 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 having forbidden books, 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. Deborah
Ellis's beloved novel has been adapted for film by Aircraft
Pictures, Cartoon Saloon and Melusine Productions in association
with Angelina Jolie's production company, jolie pas productions.
The animated feature film, directed by Nora Twomey, will launch in
the UK in 2018.
Winner of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award For
twelve-year-old Diego and his family, home is a prison in
Cochabamba, Bolivia. His parents farmed coca, a traditional
Bolivian medicinal plant, until they got caught in the middle of
the government's war on drugs and were mistakenly convicted of drug
possession. Diego's parents are locked up, but he can come and go:
to school, to the market to sell his mother's handknitted goods,
and to work as a taxi, running errands for other prisoners. But
then his little sister temporarily runs off while under his watch,
earning his mother a heavy fine. The debt and dawning realization
of his hopeless situation make him vulnerable to his friend Mando's
plan to make big money, fast. Soon, Diego is deep in the jungle,
working as a virtual slave in an illegal cocaine operation. As his
situation becomes more and more dangerous, he knows he must take a
terrible risk if he ever wants to see his family again. Correlates
to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.6 Describe how a narrator's or speaker's
point of view influences how events are described.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point
of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
It's 2021, and the Taliban have regained power in Afghanistan.
Parvana and Shauzia, the brave protagonists of The Breadwinner,
must now flee to escape new dangers from an old enemy. It has been
20 years since Parvana and Shauzia had to disguise themselves as
boys to support themselves and their families. But when the Taliban
were defeated in 2001, it looked as if Afghans could finally
rebuild their country. Many things have changed for Parvana since
then. She has married Asif, who she met in the desert as she
searched for her family when she was a child. She runs a school for
girls. She has a son, Rafi, who is about to fly to New York, where
he will train to become a dancer. While Asif tries to get Parvana's
sister, Maryam, and Rafi on one of the last flights out of Kabul,
the Taliban come to the school, and Parvana must lead the girls out
of Green Valley and into the mountains. Deborah Ellis is an
award-winning author, a feminist and a peace activist who has spent
a lot of time in Pakistan, in Afghan refugee camps.
The fourth book in the internationally bestselling series that
includes The Breadwinner, Parvana's Journey and Mud City. In this
stunning sequel, Parvana, now fifteen, is found in a bombed-out
school and held as a suspected terrorist by American troops in
Afghanistan. The army major thinks she may be a terrorist working
with the Taliban. Parvana does not respond to questions in any
language and remains silent. As she waits for foreign military
forces to determine her fate, she remembers the past four years of
her life. Reunited with her mother and sisters, she has been living
in a village where her mother has finally managed to open a school
for girls. But even though the Taliban has been driven from the
government, the country is still at war, and many continue to view
the education and freedom of girls and women with suspicion and
fear.
Deborah Ellis's bestselling novel The Breadwinner, now available as
a stunningly illustrated graphic novel. This beautiful
graphic-novel adaptation of The Breadwinner animated film tells the
story of eleven-year-old Parvana, who must disguise herself as a
boy to support her family during the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan
in the late 1990s. 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 having forbidden books, 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. Readers
will want to linger over this powerful graphic novel with its
striking art and inspiring story. Key Text Features speech bubbles
captions historical note Correlates to the Common Core State
Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.1 Refer
to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text
says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements
contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic
novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).
The second book in the internationally-bestselling series that
includes The Breadwinner, Mud City and My Name Is Parvana In 2001,
a war is raging in Afghanistan as a coalition of Western forces
tries to oust the Taliban by bombing the country. 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. Parvana
doesn't know where they are. She just knows she has to find them.
She sets out alone, masquerading as a boy, her journey becoming
more perilous as the bombs begin to fall. Making her way across the
desolate Afghan countryside, she meets other children who are
strays from the war -- an infant boy in a bombed-out village, a
nine-year-old girl who believes she has magical powers over land
mines, and a boy with one leg who is so obnoxious that Parvana can
hardly stand him. The children travel together because it is easier
than being alone. And, as they forge their own family in the war
zone that Afghanistan has become, their resilience, imagination and
luck help them to survive. The reissue includes a new cover and
map, an updated author's note and a glossary to provide young
readers with background and context. 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. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English
Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2 Determine a theme of a
story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how
characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the
speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
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.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.9 Compare and contrast texts in different
forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and
fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and
topics.
All girls [should read] The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis. -- Malala
Yousafzai, New York Times 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 in the late
1990s. 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 fifteenth anniversary edition includes a special
foreword by Deborah Ellis as well as a new map, an updated author's
note and a glossary to provide young readers with background and
context. 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. 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.
The second book in the bestselling Breadwinner series, set in
war-torn Afghanistan. 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. Parvana doesn't know where they are.
She just knows she has to find them. She sets out alone, disguised
as a boy, her journey becoming more perilous as the bombs begin to
fall. Making her way across the desolate Afghan countryside, she
meets other children who have been caught up in the war-an infant
boy in a bombed-out village, a nine-year-old girl who believes she
has magical powers over land mines, and a boy with one leg. The
children travel together because it is easier than being alone.
And, as they forge their own family in the war zone that
Afghanistan has become, their resilience, imagination and luck help
them to survive.
"All girls [should read] The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis." --
Malala Yousafzai, New York Times The three books in Deborah Ellis's
Breadwinner trilogy bound into one handsome volume Deborah Ellis's
novels The Breadwinner, Parvana's Journey and Mud City have been a
phenomenal success, touching the hearts of readers the world over.
Here are the three books bound into one handsome volume -- for
readers new to Deborah Ellis and for those who would like a
collector's edition for their libraries.
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.
Fifteen-year-old Farrin has many secrets. Although she goes to a
school for gifted girls in Tehran, as the daughter of an
aristocratic mother and wealthy father Farrin must keep a low
profile. It is 1988; ever since the Shah was overthrown, the deeply
conservative and religious government controls every facet of life
in Iran. If the Revolutionary Guard finds out about her mother's
Bring Back the Shah activities, her family could be thrown in jail
or worse.
The day she meets Sadira, Farrin's life changes forever. Sadira is
funny, wise and outgoing; the two girls become inseparable. But as
their friendship deepens into romance, the relationship takes a
dangerous turn. It is against the law to be a homosexual in Iran;
the punishment is death. Despite their efforts to keep their love
secret, the girls are discovered and arrested. Separated from
Sadira, Farrin can only pray as she awaits execution. Will her
family find a way to save them both?
Based on real-life events, multi-award-winning author Deborah
Ellis's new book is a tense and riveting story about a world where
homosexuality is considered so abhorrent that it is punishable by
death.
Parvana tiene 11 anos y vive en Afganistan bajo el mandato de los
talibanes. Cuando detienen a su padre buscara una solucion
desesperada: convertirse en un chico. Parvana es una chica de once
anos que vive en Kabul, Afganistan, durante el gobierno de los
talibanes a finales de la decada de 1990. Cuando su padre es
detenido, su familia -sin recursos para poder vivir-, buscara una
solucion desesperada: Parvana, que por ser mujer tiene prohibido
ganar dinero, debera transformarse en un chico. El pan de la guerra
es un libro duro y realista que habla, con humanidad y fuerza, de
la supervivencia, la familia, la amistad, la intolerancia y la
guerra.
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Nine poignant and empowering short stories from the author of The
Breadwinner. The seated child. With a single powerful image,
Deborah Ellis draws our attention to nine children and the
situations they find themselves in, often through no fault of their
own. In each story, a child makes a decision and takes action, be
that a tiny gesture or a life-altering choice. Jafar is a child
laborer in a chair factory and longs to go to school. Sue sits on a
swing as she and her brother wait to have a supervised visit with
their father at the children’s aid society. Gretchen considers
the lives of concentration camp victims during a school tour of
Auschwitz. Mike survives seventy-two days of solitary as a young
offender. Barry squirms on a food court chair as his parents tell
him that they are separating. Macie sits on a too-small time-out
chair while her mother receives visitors for tea. Noosala crouches
in a fetid, crowded apartment in Uzbekistan, waiting for an
unscrupulous refugee smuggler to decide her fate. These children
find the courage to face their situations in ways large and small,
in this eloquent collection from a master storyteller. Correlates
to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
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.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point
of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.9 Compare and contrast texts in different
forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and
fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and
topics.
Reinvent your supply chain from the outside in - leverage customer
insight, heuristics and digital tools to meet rising expectations
and adapt in a volatile world. Customers have become increasingly
demanding, and the operating environment has become more turbulent
and complex. Mature companies wishing to survive and thrive in the
coming decades must transform themselves to become flexible and
market responsive. They need to reconsider their traditional supply
chains and find ways to increase the clockspeed of their operation
and their decision making without creating more complexity for
their staff and partners. But where to start this transformation
journey? Most of the world's largest corporations have logistics
networks and supply chains that have evolved over time, many based
around systems that drive a 'one-size-fits-all' philosophy, which
does not fit anymore. And most have not kept up with the changing
cadence of their markets. This book describes the path to a
different paradigm; where a set of tailored supply chains are used
for in-built flexibility and adaption as the world changes, and
where internal capabilities and digital capabilities are
consciously aligned with the customers and strategies they serve.
Transforming Supply Chains builds on John Gattorna's seminal
Dynamic Alignment framework; and he and his long-term collaborator
Deborah Ellis review the analytics and decision-making tools needed
to be effective in the digital age. Case Studies of organisations
that excel using the 'outside-in' paradigm that they describe are
scattered throughout the book; as are a series of prompts to help
'kick start your thinking' about your own transformation path.
Transforming Supply Chains is your guide to designing supply chains
that fit, and adapt, and bring competitive advantage - whatever
your business and whoever your customers.
The third book in the internationally bestselling series that
includes The Breadwinner, Parvana's Journey and My Name Is Parvana.
Parvana's best friend, Shauzia, has escaped the misery of her life
in Kabul, only to end up in a refugee camp in Pakistan. But she
still dreams of seeing the ocean and eventually making a new life
in France.This is the dream that has sustained her through the
terrible years in Kabul. It is the dream for which she has forsaken
family and friends. But it is hard to imagine herself in a field of
purple lavender when she is living in the Widows' Compound of a
muddy, crowded refugee camp outside Peshawar. Even worse, the
compound is run by Mrs. Weera, Shauzia's bossy phys ed teacher from
Kabul, who insists that Shauzia be useful and make the best of a
dismal situation. Shauzia finally decides to leave the camp and try
her luck on the streets. She is determined to earn money to buy her
passage out of the country. Peshawar is dangerous and full of
desperately poor and wandering children like herself, but she has
Jasper, the dog who followed her down from a shepherds' camp in the
mountains. And she knows how to masquerade as a boy and comb the
streets for jobs. She figures she knows how to survive. But life as
a street kid is dangerous and terrifying, and even with the
advantages of a strong will, brave spirit and good luck, Shauzia
soon discovers that the old choices are not so easy any more. This
is a powerful and very human story of a feisty, driven girl who
tries to take control of her own life. The reissue includes a new
cover and map, and an updated author's note and glossary to provide
young readers with background and context. Royalties from the sale
of this book will go to Street Kids International.
Deborah Ellis presents the stories of children of the war-torn
Middle East, based on interviews with Israeli and Palestinian
children. In a rehabilitation center for disabled children,
twelve-year-old Nora says she loves the color pink and chewing gum
and explains that the wheels of her wheelchair are like her legs.
Eleven-year-old Mohammad describes how his house was demolished by
soldiers. And we meet twelve-year-old Salam, whose older sister
walked into a store in Jerusalem and blew herself up, killing
herself and two people, and injuring twenty others. All these
children live both ordinary and extraordinary lives. They argue
with their siblings. They dream about their wishes for the future.
They have also seen their homes destroyed, their families killed,
and they live in the midst of constant upheaval and violence. This
simple and telling book allows children everywhere to see those
caught in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as children just like
themselves, but who are living far more difficult, dangerous lives.
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language
Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.6 Analyze multiple accounts of the
same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences
in the point of view they represent. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.3
Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is
introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through
examples or anecdotes). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.6 Determine an
author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is
conveyed in the text.
Since its publication in 2000, hundreds of thousands of children
all over the world have read and loved The Breadwinner, the
fictional story of eleven-year-old Parvana living in Kabul under
the terror of the Taliban. But what happened to
Afghanistan’s children after the fall of the Taliban
in 2001? In 2011, Deborah Ellis went to Kabul to find out. The
twenty-six boys and girls featured in this book range in age from
ten to seventeen, and they speak candidly about their lives now.
They are still living in a country at war. Violence and oppression
exist all around them. The situation for girls has improved, but it
is still difficult and dangerous. And many children — boys and
girls — are still supporting their families by selling items like
pencils and matches on the street. Yet these kids are weathering
their lives with remarkable courage and hope, getting as much
education and life experience and fun as they can. All royalties
from the sale of Kids of Kabul will go to Canadian Women for Women
in Afghanistan (www.cw4wafghan.ca), which administers Parvana’s
Fund, supporting schools, libraries and literacy programs for
Afghan women and children. Key Text Features photographs maps
glossary introduction historical context additional information
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language
Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.6 Analyze multiple accounts of the
same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences
in the point of view they represent. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.6
Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and
explain how it is conveyed in the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.9
Compare and contrast one author's presentation of events with that
of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same
person).
Winner of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award A war is raging in
Afghanistan as a coalition of Western forces tries to oust the
Taliban by bombing the country. 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. Parvana doesn't know where
they are. She just knows she has to find them. She sets out alone,
masquerading as a boy, her journey becoming more perilous as the
bombs begin to fall. Making her way across the desolate Afghan
countryside, she meets other children who are strays from the war.
The children travel together because it is easier than being alone.
And, as they forge their own family in the war zone that
Afghanistan has become, their resilience, imagination and luck help
them to survive. A map, glossary and author's note provide young
readers with background and context. Royalties from the sale of
this book will go to Women for Women, an organization that supports
health and education projects in Afghanistan.
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