My Name is Parvana /
Ellis, Deborah, 1960- , author.
My Name is Parvana / Deborah Ellis. - Toronto : Groundwood, 2012. - 201 pages : maps ; 21 cm. - The Breadwinner ; 4 .
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. The only clue to her identity is a tattered shoulder bag containing papers that refer to people named Shauzia, Nooria, Leila, Asif, Hassan - and Parvana.In this long-awaited sequel to The Breadwinner Trilogy, Parvana is now fifteen years old.
Middle grade / teen.
Red Maple Award official selection, 2014
9781554982974
20129021814
Families--Fiction.
Girls--Fiction.
Afghan War, 2001-2021--Fiction.
Gender role--Fiction
Afganistan--Fiction.
Authors, Canadian.
Canadian fiction.
FICTION / General.
F ELL
My Name is Parvana / Deborah Ellis. - Toronto : Groundwood, 2012. - 201 pages : maps ; 21 cm. - The Breadwinner ; 4 .
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. The only clue to her identity is a tattered shoulder bag containing papers that refer to people named Shauzia, Nooria, Leila, Asif, Hassan - and Parvana.In this long-awaited sequel to The Breadwinner Trilogy, Parvana is now fifteen years old.
Middle grade / teen.
Red Maple Award official selection, 2014
9781554982974
20129021814
Families--Fiction.
Girls--Fiction.
Afghan War, 2001-2021--Fiction.
Gender role--Fiction
Afganistan--Fiction.
Authors, Canadian.
Canadian fiction.
FICTION / General.
F ELL