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Parvana's Journey [Paperback]

Deborah Ellis (Author)
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Publication Date: 4 Mar 2004
This sequel by award-winning author, Deborah Ellis, tells the story of Parvana, travelling alone across a war-ridden Afghanistan in an attempt to find her family.

BLDeborah Ellis is the winner of the Governor General's Award in Canada, their equivalent to the Carnegie Medal

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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford; New Ed edition (4 Mar 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0192753487
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192753489
  • Product Dimensions: 12.8 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 104,931 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Parvana's Journey 7 July 2006
By Catherine
Format:Paperback
This was a really good book. It is about a girl called Parvana who goes on a journey try and find her family who she hasn't seen because they have been separated from her due to war in their country (Afghanistan). This was a very good book written definetely for young people, through the eyes of a young person. You need to read The Breadwinner first, though, because it is the first in the series.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Heartbreaking but essential to know 29 Jun 2008
By Lincs Reader TOP 100 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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This is the follow up to The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis.

The novel is aimed at young adults but does not shy away from the horrors of war. Parvana is 13 and disguised as a boy, she has lost her father and has set out across Afghanistan to search for the rest of her family. Along the way, she is always hungry, has to beg for food or ask for work and dodge the Taliban soldiers who would conscript her if they found her.

In one bombed out village, she finds a baby boy she names Hassan, and in a cave she discovers a crippled young boy, Arif, who has lost a leg. Trapped in a mine field, they are rescued by eight year old Leila who is alone trying to look after her old grandmother. Bombs force them to be on the move again until finally they arrive in a refugee camp where Parvana finds her mother and sisters but looks into the face of death again when Leila runs into a mine field to gather food parcels.

This book had me gripped and horrified in equal amounts, all readers will ask questions about war and what it does to people, especially children. The children in the novel have happy memories of life before the Taliban and none of them understand what is happening to them.

I'm looking forward to reading the last in the trilogy very soon.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hooked!! 24 Oct 2002
By Mr M Falconer
Format:Paperback
As a student studying a BEd in Primary Teaching I was advised to look at this book as it covered the theme of a foreign person in a strange situation.

Having bought this book I found myself drawn into Parvana's world, seeing what she saw and feeling what she felt. The description in this book is amazing and a credit to Deborah Ellis.

I feel this is definately one of the best and most important childrens books I have read or heard about in a long time and it has me well and truly hooked!

I advise anyone with kids or not to get it and read it from cover to cover.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Review of Parvana's Journey 19 Oct 2011
By Ms. S. Sadique
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This is an excellent book for young teenagers to learn about the life and plight of other communities. I would not recommend it for the adult reader as it is a little simplistic.
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4.0 out of 5 stars pavanas journey 5 Feb 2009
By Ann F. Harrison
Format:Paperback
v. good read. my grandaughter could n't put it down.

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