Name: The Breadwinner
Price: 11.92 GBP
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Author: Deborah Ellis
ISBN: 9781773060712

Type

Physical Book

Author

Deborah Ellis

Publisher

Groundwood Books

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.8 x 13.2 x 1.0 cm

Weight

0.18 kg.

ISBN13

9781773060712

Synopsis "The Breadwinner"

A special movie tie-in edition of The Breadwinner, the first book in the best-selling Breadwinner series by Deborah Ellis, featuring an eight-page color insert with stills from the movie.Eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city. Parvana's father -- a history teacher until his school was bombed and his health destroyed -- works from a blanket on the ground in the marketplace, reading letters for people who cannot read or write. One day, he is arrested for the crime of having a foreign education, and the family is left without someone who can earn money or even shop for food.As conditions for the family grow desperate, only one solution emerges. Forbidden to earn money as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy, and become the breadwinner.The book includes a map, author's note and a glossary to provide young readers with background and context. An eight-page color insert features stills from the movie. All royalties from the sale of this book will go to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan. Parvana's Fund supports education projects for Afghan women and children.Key Text Featuresmapauthor's noteforewordglossaryCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

Deborah Ellis

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Nacida en Cochrane, Ontario, tuvo que mudarse varias veces en su infancia debido al trabajo de sus padres. Ellis decidió comenzar a escribir cuando tenía entre 11 y 12 años de edad. Cuando creció, su obra y su escritura fueron hechas principalmente mediante el viajar y hablar a otros que tienen problemas y documentar las cosas principales. Ella inició la escritura de su primer libro, El pan de la guerra, un tiempo después.

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