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2001., Pre-adolescent, Douglas & McIntyre ; Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West Call No: Historical fiction FIC ELLIS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.
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[2002], c2000., Pre-adolescent, Douglas & McIntyre ; Distributed in the U.S.A. by Publishers Group West Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.
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[2006], c2000., Pre-adolescent, House of Anansi ; Distributed in the U.S.A. by Publishers Group West Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.
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2018., Juvenile, Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press Call No: GN 741.5 TANAKA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Young Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan. Because Parvana's father has a foreign education, he is arrested by the Taliban. Women cannot appear in public unless covered head to toe, go to school, or work outside the home, so the family becomes increasingly desperate until Parvana conceives a plan.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press Call No: GR 741.5 TANAKA 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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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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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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2014., Juvenile, Groundwood Books Call No: REALISTIC F ELL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Clare was a normal, American girl until she died and came back to life as a cat. Now she's in the middle of a complicated, unpredictable and dangerous situation. Israeli soldiers with guns, angry Palestinian villagers throwing rocks, the sounds of approaching tanks and helicopters. Not my business, thinks Clare. Besides, what can a cat do? What can any one creature do?.
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2009, Juvenile, Groundwood Books Call No: 305.23086 91409567 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the lives of Iraqi children who have been forced to leave Iraq with their families in order to survive. Draws on interviews with refugees in Jordan to describe lives of poverty, fear, and waiting.
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2004, Juvenile, Fitzhenry & Whiteside Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Binti and her siblings are orphaned when their father dies of AIDS. Split up and sent to relatives all over Malawi, they suffer increasing hardship until they are reunitied through the influence of their formidable grandmother.
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c2006, Adolescent, Watson-Guptill Publications Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Art encountersSummary Note: Born deformed, Anibus is considered cursed and is left in the desert to die, but after being rescued and raised in secret, she leads a nomadic life, finding acceptance with a colony of artists which includes Kamal al-Din Bihzad, the most famous master of Persian painting.
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2012., Adolescent, Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press Call No: 305.235 ELL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the lives of children living in Kabul, featuring boys and girls ages ten to seventeen discussing their lives in a country at war.
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c2012., Adolescent, Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press Call No: HI-INT 305.2 ELL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Features children from ages ten to seventeen who live in Afghanistan and how their lives are still torn apart by the war, particularly affecting the girls.
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2012., Adolescent, Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press Call No: 305.235 092 2 581 Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the lives of children living in Kabul, featuring boys and girls ages ten to seventeen discussing their lives in a country at war.
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2012., Juvenile, Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press Call No: 305.2 Ell Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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2012., Groundwood Books Ltd. Thumbnail cover image Sample Summary Note: Since its publication in 2000, hundreds of thousands of children all over the world have read and loved The Breadwinner. By reading the story of eleven-year-old Parvana and her struggles living under the terror of the Taliban, young readers came to know the plight of children in Afghanistan.But what has happened to Afghanistan's children since the fall of the Taliban in 2001? In 2011, Deborah Ellis went to Kabul to find out. She interviewed children who spoke about their lives now. They are still living in a country torn apart by war. Violence and oppression still exist, particularly affecting the lives of girls, but the kids are weathering their lives with courage and optimism: "I was incredibly impressed by the sense of urgency these kids have needing to get as much education and life experience and fun as they can, because they never know when the boom is going to be lowered on them again.
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c2012., Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press Call No: 305.235092 2581 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Interviews with children from Afghanistan shed light on their experiences during years of war.
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2013., Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press Call No: 305.23089 97 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "When I'm out in the bush by myself I have no worries. I know I can care for myself." North American native youth share their experiences, goals, and advice.