Search Results: Returned 12 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 12
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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2001, c2000., Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West Call No: REALISTIC F ELL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The Breadwinner Volume: 1Summary Note: Parvana lives in Afghanistan where women are not allowed to do anything because of the Taliban who run the country so she transforms herself into a boy to become the breadwinner.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press Call No: GN ELL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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2021., Adolescent, Algonquin Call No: HISTORICAL F ARA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In this dual-narrative tale, a teenage American army private and an Afghan boy living under the horrors of the Taliban, caught on separate sides of the world during the tumultuous times leading up to and following 9/11, come to discover how much more they have in common than they ever could have imagined"--Provided by the publisher.
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[2021]., Adolescent, Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Call No: ADVENTURE FIC ARA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In this dual-narrative tale, a teenage American army private and an Afghan boy living under the horrors of the Taliban, caught on separate sides of the world during the tumultuous times leading up to and following 9/11, come to discover how much more they have in common than they ever could have imagined"--Provided by publisher.
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c2003.], ComicsLit Call No: GN Johnny Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: John Sendel is a mixed up student who drinks and huffs glue and when he hears words from the Koran for the first time, he converts into a Muslim and eventually gets involved in terrorist organizations.
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c2003., Juvenile, Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West Call No: REALISTIC F ELL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The Breadwinner Volume: 3Summary Note: Shauzia is a refugee who dreams of better days but must use her survival skills in the camp.
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c2002., Juvenile, Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West Call No: REALISTIC F ELL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The Breadwinner Volume: 2Summary Note: Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, Parvana must search for her family. Masquerading as a boy, her journey becomes even more perilous whn war breaks out.
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[2019]., Pre-adolescent, Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When his helicopter crashes in Kunar Province in Afghanistan, Lieutenant Jamal Jenkins is cut off from the forward base where the rest of his pararescue team is under fire--injured and captured by the Taliban Jenkins struggles to survive while the rest of his team sets out to find and rescue him.
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By Abawi, Atia2015., Adolescent, Speak Call No: Realistic FIC Abawi Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fatima, a Hazara girl, and Samiullah, a Pashtun boy, fall in love against the wishes of their parents, and must endure harassment, abuse, and persecution after Samiullah's cousin Rashid reports them to the Taliban.
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By Abawi, Atia[2014], Adolescent, Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Two teens from different ethnic groups in present-day Afghanistan must fight their culture, tradition, families, and the Taliban to stay together as they and another village boy relate the story of their forbidden love.
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By Abawi, Atia[2014]., Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Call No: ROMANCE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Two teens from different ethnic groups in present-day Afghanistan must fight their culture, tradition, families, and the Taliban to stay together as they and another village boy relate the story of their forbidden love.