Parvana's Journey

By Deborah Ellis ISBN: 9780888995193 format: Paperback pages: 176 publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd pub. date: 2002-10-01

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2003 Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award Young Adult Winner

Parvana's Journey is the second book in Deborah Ellis's powerful trilogy about a young girl's life in contemporary Afghanistan. The first book, The Breadwinner, documented the brutal cultural and socio-economic restrictions imposed under Taliban rule. In this second book, Ellis unfolds for the reader an almost matter-of-fact account of children's daily struggle for survival in a war-torn country. Parvana, now almost 13, realizes that she will not be able to pass as a boy forever. On her long, dangerous journey on foot to find her mother and the rest of her family, Parvana becomes responsible for an unlikely trio of orphans. 2004 MYRCA (Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award) nominee.

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