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Parvana's journey / Deborah Ellis.

By: Ellis, Deborah.
Publisher: Toronto : Groundwood Books House of Anansi Press, c2002Description: 170 pages : map ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780888995193.Subject(s): Taliban -- Juvenile fiction | Taliban | Women--Afghanistan--Social conditions--Juvenile fictionDDC classification: Fic El592 2002 Summary: Imagine living in a country where women and girls are not allowed to leave the house without a man. Imagine having to wear clothes that cover every part of your body, including your face, whenever you go out. This is the life of Parvana, a young girl growing up in Afghanistan under the control of an extreme religious military group. When soldiers burst into her home and drag her father off to prison, Parvana is forced to take responsibility for her whole family, dressing as a boy to make a living in the marketplace of Kabul, risking her life in the dangerous and volatile city. By turns exciting and touching, Parvana is a story of courage in the face of overwhelming fear and repression.
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Fiction Fic. E472p 2002 (Browse shelf) Available GS2194
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Fiction Fic El592 2002 (Browse shelf) 1 Available HS3389
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Canada's Governor General's Award 2003, The Canada Council

Imagine living in a country where women and girls are not allowed to leave the house without a man. Imagine having to wear clothes that cover every part of your body, including your face, whenever you go out. This is the life of Parvana, a young girl growing up in Afghanistan under the control of an extreme religious military group. When soldiers burst into her home and drag her father off to prison, Parvana is forced to take responsibility for her whole family, dressing as a boy to make a living in the marketplace of Kabul, risking her life in the dangerous and volatile city. By turns exciting and touching, Parvana is a story of courage in the face of overwhelming fear and repression.

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