Book Club Idea

The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis

This novel discusses the life of a young girl, Parvana, in Afghanistan during the reign of the Taliban. Her father gets arrested early in the novel by the Taliban. To take care of her family, she disguises herself as a boy and works on the streets as the family's "breadwinner."
This novel works great with 7th Grade Social Studies Standards over geography, history, and government in Southwest Asia or the Middle East.

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