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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Middle East Book Award - Youth Chapter & Nonfiction
Women's History - Tweens
Middle East Book Award - Youth Chapter & Nonfiction
Women's History - Tweens
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Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.
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Breadwinner series volume 4
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Found wandering alone in a bombed-out Afghan school, 15-year-old Parvana mystifies American military forces by remaining silent, while spending her time remembering the past four years of her life, having been reunited with her mother and sisters and living in a village where her mother's finally managed to open a school for girls.
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In this sequel to The Breadwinner, the Taliban still control Afghanistan, but Kabul is in ruins. Twelve-year-old Parvana's father has just died, and her mother, sister, and brother could be anywhere in the country. Parvana sets out alone to find them, masquerading as a boy, and she meets other children who are victims of war.
4) Mud city
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Shauzia hates living in a crowded refugee camp outside Peshawar and decides to try her luck living on the streets.
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