PARVANA’S JOURNEY by Deborah Ellis (Groundwood Books 2003) (Winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award – Canada). After 11-year-old Parvana and her father are separated from their family during war in Afghanistan, her father dies, leaving her an orphan. Disguised as a boy so as not to incur the wrath of the Taliban, Parvana sets… Read more »
Thursday, October 11, 2012
