Bibliograph

The breadwinner, a graphic novel, Text adapted by Shelley Tanaka from the Breadwinner film from a screenplay by Anita Doron ; color stills by Breadwinner Canada Incorporated, Cartoon Saloon, Melusine Productions S.A

Type

Label

The breadwinner, a graphic novel, Text adapted by Shelley Tanaka from the Breadwinner film from a screenplay by Anita Doron ; color stills by Breadwinner Canada Incorporated, Cartoon Saloon, Melusine Productions S.A

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The breadwinner

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Oclc number

1016449449

Responsibility statement

Text adapted by Shelley Tanaka from the Breadwinner film from a screenplay by Anita Doron ; color stills by Breadwinner Canada Incorporated, Cartoon Saloon, Melusine Productions S.A

Sub title

a graphic novel

Summary

Young Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan. Because Parvana's father has a foreign education, he is arrested by the Taliban. Women cannot appear in public unless covered head to toe, go to school, or work outside the home, so the family becomes increasingly desperate until Parvana conceives a plan

Target audience

juvenile

Classification