Deborah Ellis - 2007-2009 - The Breadwinner Trilogy, Books 01-03 (Children)

The Breadwinner Trilogy, Books 01-03 - Deborah Ellis - 2007-2009



By: Deborah Ellis
Narrated by: Rita Wolf, Meera Simhan
Series: The Breadwinner (Ellis), Books 1-3
Unabridged Audiobooks
Language: English
Categories: Children's Audiobooks
Publisher: Listening Library

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The Breadwinner - Deborah Ellis - 2007
The Breadwinner, Book 1



By: Deborah Ellis
Narrated by: Rita Wolf
Series: The Breadwinner (Ellis), Book 1
Length: 3 hrs
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 12-30-07
Language: English
Categories: Children's Audiobooks
Publisher: Listening Library
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo



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.

In this powerful and realistic tale, 11-year-old Parvana lives with her 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.

©2001 Deborah Ellis (P)2008 Listening Library

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Parvana's Journey - Deborah Ellis - 2009
The Breadwinner, Book 2



By: Deborah Ellis
Narrated by: Meera Simhan
Series: The Breadwinner (Ellis), Book 2
Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 08-11-09
Language: English
Categories: Children's Audiobooks
Publisher: Listening Library
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo



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. Despite her youth, Parvana sets out alone, masquerading as a boy. She 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.

Royalties from this book will go toward an education fund for Afghan girls in Pakistani refugee camps.

©2003 Deborah Ellis (P)2009 Listening Library

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Mud City - Deborah Ellis - 2009
The Breadwinner, Book 3



By: Deborah Ellis
Narrated by: Meera Simhan
Series: The Breadwinner (Ellis), Book 3
Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 09-22-09
Language: English
Categories: Children's Audiobooks
Publisher: Listening Library
Format: mp3 64/48 mono



That was where she needed to be, in a field of purple flowers, where no one could bother her. She would sit there until the confusion left her head and the stink of the camp left her nostrils.

Shauzia has a dream. She dreams of getting away from the refugee camp in Pakistan and travelling to France. There she knows she would find a better life, away from the war in her home country of Afghanistan...But escape is not so easy. Once she leaves the camp, she has no money, no food - and only her dog Jasper for company. But Shauzia is determined to find a new future for herself...

©2004 Deborah Ellis (P)2009 Listening Library

Critic Reviews

"Middle-school readers will be caught up in the cause and in the elemental survival adventure, especially because Shauzia is no sweet waif; she's mean, insolent, and rebellious. Her struggle with the rough Mrs. Weera reveals that they are both strong and brave." ( Booklist)



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