Deborah Ellis is a Canadian author born in 1960 who began writing at age 11. She is known for writing fiction and non-fiction focused on children taking action during times of war. Her award winning book The Breadwinner tells the story of Parvana, an 11-year old Afghani girl who disguises herself as a boy to provide for her family after the Taliban takes control and her father is arrested. Stranded alone, Parvana encounters other children and they work together to survive bombings and find their families while illustrating the harsh realities of war-torn Afghanistan.
Deborah Ellis is a Canadian author born in 1960 who began writing at age 11. She is known for writing fiction and non-fiction focused on children taking action during times of war. Her award winning book The Breadwinner tells the story of Parvana, an 11-year old Afghani girl who disguises herself as a boy to provide for her family after the Taliban takes control and her father is arrested. Stranded alone, Parvana encounters other children and they work together to survive bombings and find their families while illustrating the harsh realities of war-torn Afghanistan.
Deborah Ellis is a Canadian author born in 1960 who began writing at age 11. She is known for writing fiction and non-fiction focused on children taking action during times of war. Her award winning book The Breadwinner tells the story of Parvana, an 11-year old Afghani girl who disguises herself as a boy to provide for her family after the Taliban takes control and her father is arrested. Stranded alone, Parvana encounters other children and they work together to survive bombings and find their families while illustrating the harsh realities of war-torn Afghanistan.
Deborah Ellis is a Canadian author born in 1960 who began writing at age 11. She is known for writing fiction and non-fiction focused on children taking action during times of war. Her award winning book The Breadwinner tells the story of Parvana, an 11-year old Afghani girl who disguises herself as a boy to provide for her family after the Taliban takes control and her father is arrested. Stranded alone, Parvana encounters other children and they work together to survive bombings and find their families while illustrating the harsh realities of war-torn Afghanistan.
Born at Cochrane Ontario Canada, 7 August of 1960
Deborah Ellis began writing at the age of 11 and released
her first book after she entered a contest for unpublished novelists in 2000 She is an award-winning author, a feminist and a peace activist. Write fiction and non-fiction books
In each story, a child makes a decision and takes action, be
that a tiny gesture or a life-altering choice. Author of : The Breadwinner (2001), Mud City (2003) War
Bombing
Terrorism
Death
Dangerous Published in 2002
The story takes place at Afghanistan in 2001,
when the civil war in Afghanistan just begin. About the adventure of a girl name Parvana with variety of character to find her family. Describe very detail about the feeling of children that in the story Illustrate the war in Afghanistan through the view of a child. What will happen in the story? EXPOSITION A girl name Parvana and also has a boy name “Kaseem”, goes with his father all of Afghanistan from Kabul to find their family after the Taliban take over Pavarna’s hometown. Suddenly her father died on the way to find her family. She is alone with her adventure since that moment The first adventure mate that she found in the adventure is under the ruin of the house after the bombing. It is a baby and she call him Hassan After a while, when they rest in a cave, a boy name Asif with one leg live in that cave after being beat by his own uncle. Leila is the last member that will join in the journey of Parvana. She live right in the middle of Green Valley with her grandmother. Their days in Green Valley is peaceful and full of happiness. Don’t expect a bombing will happen. Grandmother pass away in the bombing. Their house just gone, all of their hope just gone Their journey start again in full of depressed with full of difficulty No food, no water, just their passionate, their courage. They need to MOVE FORWARD !!!! They arrive a camp for people who evacute from the war They have place to stay, have food and water. Because of the food, Leila die on the mine field. Ending ( I can’t spoil but guess??) Very real and describes the book with detail. Perfect fit for who loves survival and adventure story Meaningful for everybody from every age