The Breadwinner Series by Deborah Ellis

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  • The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner #1)
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    The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner #1)

    Deborah Ellis

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 2000

    Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, 11-year-old Parvana has rarely been outdoors. Barred from attending school, shopping at the market, or even playing in the streets of Kabul, the heroine of Deborah Ellis's engrossing children's novel The Breadwinner is trapped inside her family's one-room home... more

  • Parvana's Journey (The Breadwinner #2)
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    Parvana's Journey (The Breadwinner #2)

    Deborah Ellis

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings · published 2002

    In Parvana's Journey, the Taliban still control Afghanistan, but Kabul is in ruins. Parvana's father has just died, and her mother, sister, and brother could be anywhere in the country. Parvana knows she must find them. Despite her youth, Parvana sets out alone, masquerading as a boy. She soon meets other children who are victims of war -- an infant boy in a bombed-out village, a nine-year-old girl who thinks she has magic powers over landmines, and a boy with one leg... more

  • Mud City (The Breadwinner #3)
    #3

    Mud City (The Breadwinner #3)

    Deborah Ellis

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings · published 2003

    The third book in the internationally-bestselling series that includes The Breadwinner, Parvana's Journey and My Name Is ParvanaParvana's best friend, fourteen-year-old Shauzia, has escaped the misery of her life in Kabul, only to end up in a refugee camp in Pakistan. 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... more

  • The Breadwinner Trilogy (The Breadwinner #1-3)
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    The Breadwinner Trilogy (The Breadwinner #1-3)

    Deborah Ellis

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2003

    "All girls [should read] The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis." — Malala Yousafzai, New York TimesThe three books in Deborah Ellis's Breadwinner trilogy bound into one handsome volumeDeborah 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.

  • My Name Is Parvana (The Breadwinner #4)
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    My Name Is Parvana (The Breadwinner #4)

    Deborah Ellis

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2012

    On a military base in post-Taliban Afghanistan, American authorities have just imprisoned a teenaged girl found in a bombed-out school. The army major thinks she may be a terrorist working with the Taliban. The girl does not respond to questions in any language and remains silent, even when she is threatened, harassed and mistreated over several days... more

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