The Taliban were removed from power by the U.S. They were internationally reprimanded for their harsh laws, refusal of international aide for displaced civilians, and their treatment of women in particular. Following the Soviet retreat in 1989, Afghanistan fell into civil war-and in 1996, the Taliban (an Islamist fundamentalist organization) took control of the country. The United States, along with Pakistan, China, the UK, and other countries, supported insurgent groups known collectively as the mujahideen. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979 the resulting conflict was one of the final Cold War proxy wars. Parvana's Fund supports education projects for Afghan women and children.Afghanistan, as Parvana notes, has a long history of strife and conquest, but The Breadwinner focuses mainly on the events of the late 20th century. All royalties from the sale of this book will go to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan. The 15th anniversary edition includes a special foreword by Deborah Ellis as well as a new map, an updated author's note, and a glossary to provide young readers with background and context.
Forbidden to earn money as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy, and become the breadwinner. As conditions for the family grow desperate, only one solution emerges. 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. 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.
Eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city. The first book in Deborah Ellis's riveting Breadwinner series is an award-winning novel about loyalty, survival, families, and friendship under extraordinary circumstances during the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan.
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