Afganistan
by Deborah Ellis
From the publisher:
Imagine living in a country in which 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.
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family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul,
Afghanistan's capital city during the Taliban rule. Parvana's father- a
history teacher until his school was bombed and his health destroyed-
works from a blanket on the ground in the marketplace, reading letters
for people who cannot read or write. One day he is arrested for the crime
of having a foreign education, and the family is left without someone who
can earn money or even shop for food. As conditions in the family grow
desperate, only one solution emerges. Forbidden by the Taliban
government to earn money as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into
a boy and become the breadwinner.
by Deborah Ellis
From the publisher:
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.
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.
by Deborah Ellis
From the publisher:
Fourteen-year-old Shauzia dreams of seeing the
ocean and eventually making a new life in
France, but it is hard to reconcile that dream with
the terrible conditions of the Afghan refugee
camp where she lives. Making things worse is the
to escape all the more urgent. Her decision to leave necessitates
Shauzia dress like a boy, as her friend Parvana did, to earn money to
buy passage out. But her journey becomes a struggle to survive as she's
forced to beg and pick through garbage, eventually landing in jail. An
apparent rescue by a well-meaning American family gives her hope
again, but will it last? And where will she end up? Mud City is the final
book in the acclaimed trilogy that includes The Breadwinner (a
best-seller) and Parvana's Journey. It paints a devastating portrait of life
in refugee camps, where so many children around the world are trapped,
some for their whole lives. But it also tells movingly of these kids'
resourcefulness and strength, which help them survive these
unimaginable circumstances.