Ellis, Deborah

The breadwinner: an Afghan child in a war torn land / by Deborah Ellis - New York : Scholastic, c2000 - 170 p.,

Added to collection 2004 school year from regular budget.

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.

ISBN: 0439446333(paper)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Family life--Fiction
Women--Employment--Fiction
Friendship--Fiction
Sex role--Fiction--Afghanistan
Afghanistan--Fiction