The army major thinks she may be a terrorist working with the Taliban. On a military base in post-Taliban Afghanistan, American authorities have just imprisoned a teenaged girl found in a bombed-out school. It is a fantastic, heart wrenching look at the real victims of war and religious oppression. My Name Is Parvana (Breadwinner Series, 4) Hardcover September 25, 2012. This book is a sequel to The Breadwinner Trilogy but can be read as a standalone novel. At a time when Malala Yousafzai fills the headlines with her fight for education this story helps explain the difficulties faced by women and children attempting to attend school under extreme circumstances. Parvana is a fantastic, fiery protagonist who humanizes the war in Afghanistan by showing it from a young girl's point of view. Set against a backdrop of conflict, danger and fear, Parvana's refusal to lose her independence under the strict Taliban regime is a powerful reminder of what thousands go through in war-torn countries.
In this stunning sequel, Parvana, now fifteen, is found in a. Through flashbacks we learn the tragic events that led up to the girl's discovery in the remote rural area. The fourth book in the internationally bestselling series that includes The Breadwinner, Parvana’s Journey and Mud City. Held in a US army base, she is mercilessly interrogated and psychologically tortured, but she will not speak. Fifteen year old Parvana is found by American troops among the smouldering ruins of a school in the Afghan countryside and is quickly arrested as a suspected terrorist.
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