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“Tanks were normal. Bombs were normal. Why couldn’t eating be normal?”

Parvana’s Journey by Deborah Ellis

July 13, 2020 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

CBR12bingo Green Parvana’s Journey is the second book in Ellis’ The Breadwinner series and picks up shortly after Parvana and her father have left Kabul, Afghanistan, circa 2000, in search of the rest of their family. Ellis continues to focus on matters of war and violence from the perspective of Afghanistan’s refugee children. Like The Breadwinner, this is a short YA novel, appropriate for children age 10 or so and older. It shows the horrors of war and family separation through the eyes of Parvana […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr12, cbr12bingo, Deborah Ellis, ElCicco, Fiction, Parvana’s Journey, ReadWomen, YA

ElCicco's CBR12 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr12, cbr12bingo, Deborah Ellis, ElCicco, Fiction, Parvana’s Journey, ReadWomen, YA ·
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