The Breadwinner

My Name Is Parvana

True Blue

Black Radishes

Girl in Reverse

Pictures of Hollis Woods

World in Between: Based on a True Refugee Story

Prairie Evers

One day, Parvana's father is arrested by the Taliban -- the extreme religious faction that controls Afghanistan -- and the family is left without anyone to earn money and shop for food. Forbidden to work as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy to save her family.The Breadwinner is the award-winning first book in The Breadwinner Trilogy. It is a novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances. A map, glossary and author's note provide young readers with background and context.

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The Breadwinner

Deborah Ellis, 2003

My Name Is Parvana

Deborah Ellis, 2012

True Blue

Deborah Ellis, 2011

Black Radishes

Susan Lynn Meyer, 2010

Girl in Reverse

Barbara Stuber, 2014

Pictures of Hollis Woods

Patricia Reilly Giff, 2002

World in Between: Based on a True Refugee Story

Kenan Trebincevic, Susan Shapiro, 2021

Prairie Evers

Ellen Airgood, 2012