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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 hasbecome, their resilience, imagination and luck help them to survive.
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The second book in The Breadwinner series by award-winning author, Deborah Ellis, tells the story of Parvana, travelling alone across a war-ridden Afghanistan in an attempt to find her family.
Weight | 0.19 kg |
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Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.9 × 1.7 cm |
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Cover | Paperback |
Pages | 194 |
Language | English |
Edition | Reprint |
Dewey | 813.6 (edition:23) |
Readership | Ages 5-12 / Code: B |
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