The Breadwinner.Deborah Ellis Deborah Ellis was born Chochran , Ontario Canada in 1960. She won the Governor General's Award for her first novel, Looking for X. Ellis said that she decided to start writing when she was 11 or 12. . 2000/2002. Read by Rita Wolf Rita Wolf (born 25 February, 1960 in Calcutta, India) is a British-Indian actress and theatre producer. She moved to London at an early age and trained at the Royal Court Youth Theatre. . 2 tapes. 3 hours. Listening Library, Random House Audio. 0-8072-0973-2. $18.00. JSA JSA - Japanese Standards Association. * Cardboard; author, reader, plot notes. Refugee Afghan women and girls told the activist author that some young girls disguised themselves as boys in order to feed their homebound home·bound adj. Restricted or confined to home, as of an invalid. families who suffered intensely under the Taliban regime. Read convincingly, this is the story of such a girl, Parvana, who bravely established a station on a Kabul street, read letters aloud to the unschooled, and sold the last of her family's goods. Then, poverty compelled her to join others in gathering human bones. Finally, she was able to become an assertive seller of small items throughout the area. The novel is labeled as appealing to middle school children, although it is not for very sensitive ones. The listener is not spared news of beatings, imprisonments, amputations and mass killing. High school students and even adults will learn much about another culture in war, although Islam itself is not discussed. An author note and glossary complete the tapes. (Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : The sequel, Parvana's Journey, is reviewed in hardcover in this issue.) Maureen K. Griffin, Research, Everett, MA |
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