Oxford University Press Women's Breadwinner Series 5 Book Set By Deborah Ellis Parvana's Journey, Mud City, One More Mountain & More

Oxford University Press

Breadwinner Series 5 Book Set brings together five novels by Deborah Ellis, following Parvana and Shauzia across Afghanistan and beyond. The stories move between life under Taliban rule and later periods as circumstances shift and new threats emerge, including events set in 2021 when the Taliban regain power. Across the collection, Parvana faces her father’s arrest and the restrictions placed on women and girls, leaving her family confined at home and short of food. She is later separated from her mother and siblings and sets out to find them. Shauzia escapes Kabul and reaches a refugee camp in Pakistan, holding on to hopes for the future. In another instalment, Parvana, now fifteen, is discovered in a bombed-out school and detained by American troops in Afghanistan as a suspected terrorist, remaining silent during questioning. Included titles The Breadwinner Parvana's Journey Mud City My Name is Parvana...