Publisher Description
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. The children travel together, forging a kind of family out of sheer need. The strength of their bond makes it possible to survive the most desperate conditions. All royalties from the sale of this book will go to Women for Women, an organization that helps women in Afghanistan.
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About Deborah Ellis
Deborah Ellis has achieved international
acclaim with her courageous and dramatic books that give Western readers a
glimpse into the plight of children in developing countries. She has won the
Governor General’s Award, Sweden’s Peter Pan Prize, the Ruth Schwartz Award,
the University of California’s Middle East Book Award, the Jane Addams Children’s
Book Award, and the Vicky Metcalf Award. A long-time feminist and anti-war
activist, she is best known for The Breadwinner Trilogy, which has been
published around the world in seventeen languages, with more than a million
dollars in royalties donated to Street Kids International and to Women for Women,
an organization that supports health and education projects in Afghanistan. In
2006, she was named to the Order of Ontario.