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Author:

Ellis, Deborah, 1960- author.

Title:

The breadwinner : a graphic novel / based on the original book by Deborah Ellis ; adapted from the feature film directed by Nora Twomey ; produced by Aircraft Pictures, Cartoon Saloon and Melusine Productions; text adapted by Shelley Tanaka.

Publisher:

Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

77 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm

Subject:

Graphic novel.
Taliban--Juvenile fiction.
Taliban--Comic books, strips, etc.--Comic books, strips, etc.
Girls--Afghanistan--Juvenile fiction.
Sex role--Afghanistan--Juvenile fiction.
Women's rights--Afghanistan--Juvenile fiction.
Women--Afghanistan--Social conditions--Juvenile fiction.
Kabul (Afghanistan)--Juvenile fiction.
Girls--Afghanistan--Comic books, strips, etc.--Comic books, strips, etc.
Sex role--Afghanistan--Comic books, strips, etc.--Comic books, strips, etc.
Women's rights--Afghanistan--Comic books, strips, etc.--Comic books, strips, etc.
Women--Afghanistan--Social conditions--Comic books, strips, etc.--Comic books, strips, etc.
Kabul (Afghanistan)--Comic books, strips, etc.--Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels--Canada.
Graphic novels.

Other Authors:

Twomey, Nora, director of film.
Tanaka, Shelley, adapter.
Aircraft Pictures (Entertainment company).
Melusine Productions (Animation company).
Cartoon Saloon (Firm)

Summary:

"This beautiful graphic-novel adaptation of The Breadwinner animated film tells the story of eleven-year-old Parvana who must disguise herself as a boy to support her family during the Taliban s rule in Afghanistan. Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistans capital city. Parvanas 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 having forbidden books, 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."-- cover page 4.

ISBN:

9781773061184
1773061186

OCLC:

(OCoLC)985234084

Locations:

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

CPPC926 -- Kalona Public Library (Kalona)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)