The Breadwinner

Deborah Ellis

earliest edition we have, 2001 Books on Tape, 2002 audiobook

Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, 11-year-old Parvana has rarely been outdoors. Barred from attending school, shopping at the market, or even playing in the streets of Kabul, the heroine of Deborah Ellis's engrossing children's novel The Breadwinner is trapped inside her family's one-room home. That is, until the Taliban hauls away her father and Parvana realizes that it's up to her to become the "breadwinner"...

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Editions we hold

Breadwinner edition · 2018 · Oxford University Press · 80 pages · 9780192768568
Breadwinner edition · 2017 · Groundwood Books · 160 pages · 9781773060712
The Breadwinner paperback · 2015 · Groundwood Books · 176 pages · 9781554987658
Breadwinner edition · 2014 · Oxford University Press · 176 pages · 9780192734020
The Breadwinner audiobook · 2002 · Books on Tape · 9780739366882
The Breadwinner paperback · 2001 · Groundwood Books · 170 pages · 9780888994165

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