{"product_id":"the-breadwinner-a-graphic-novel-a-graphic-novel","title":"The Breadwinner: A Graphic Novel: A Graphic Novel","description":"Deborah Ellis’s bestselling novel The Breadwinner, now available as a stunningly illustrated graphic novel.\nThis beautiful graphic-novel adaptation of The Breadwinner animated film tells the story of eleven-year-old Parvana, who must disguise herself as a boy to support her family during the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan in the late 1990s.\nParvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital city. Parvana’s father ― a history teacher until his school was bombed and his health destroyed ― works from a blanket on the ground in the marketplace, reading letters for people who cannot read or write. One day, he is arrested for having forbidden books, and the family is left without someone who can earn money or even shop for food.\nAs conditions for the family grow desperate, only one solution emerges. Forbidden to earn money as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy, and become the breadwinner.\nReaders will want to linger over this powerful graphic novel with its striking art and inspiring story.\n\nKey Text Features\nspeech bubbles\ncaptions\nhistorical note\n\nCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\nCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.1\nRefer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.\nCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7\nAnalyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1773061631\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: PKV.1773061631.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Aircraft Pictures, Cartoon Saloon and Melusine|Twomey, Nora|Ellis, Deborah\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: It's been through some chapters of life! Expect visible wear—creases, notes, highlights, maybe even a splash of water here and there. Perfect for readers who love a book with history.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aspen Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51694093271327,"sku":"PKV.1773061631.A","price":2.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0894\/0470\/3007\/files\/1773061631-0.jpg?v=1771607314","url":"https:\/\/www.aspenbookco.com\/products\/the-breadwinner-a-graphic-novel-a-graphic-novel","provider":"Aspen Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}