My Name Is Parvana

Name: My Name Is Parvana
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ISBN: 9781554982981

ISBN-10: 1554982987

ISBN-13: 9781554982981

Edition: N/A

Authors: Deborah Ellis

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In this stunning sequel to The Breadwinner Trilogy, Parvana, now fifteen, is found in a bombed-out school and held as a suspected terrorist by American troops in Afghanistan.On a military base in post-Taliban Afghanistan, American authorities have just imprisoned a teenaged girl found in a bombed-out school. The army major thinks she may be a terrorist working with the Taliban. The girl does not respond to questions in any language and remains silent, even when she is threatened, harassed and mistreated over several days. The only clue to her identity is a tattered shoulder bag containing papers that refer to people named Shauzia, Nooria, Leila, Asif, Hassan — and Parvana.In this…

Book details

List price: $9.95
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Publication date: 5/12/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Deborah Elliswon Canada’s Governor General’s Award in 2000 for her first book,Searching for X. She is also the author of several other books, includingParvana’s Journey, winner of the Jane Addams Award and the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award, given annually by the Ontario Arts Council and the Canadian Booksellers Association. She lives in Ontario, Canada.