A review by jwinchell
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis

4.0

I was struck this time by the mental health difficulties of Afghan people depicted in Parvana's first story: depression, agitation, varying responses to trauma. In addition to Parvana's 11 year-old world, which is the lens 6th graders read this for at my middle school, I was struck by the resourcefulness and the resilience of the women in this story.