Título: Parvana’s Journey (Breadwinner Series, 2)
Autor: Deborah Ellis
Sinopse: The second book in the internationally-bestselling series that includes The Breadwinner, Mud City and My Name Is Parvana
In 2001, a war is raging in Afghanistan as a coalition of Western forces tries to oust the Taliban by bombing the country. Parvana’s father has died, and her mother, sister and brother have gone to a faraway wedding, not knowing what has happened to the father. Parvana doesn’t know where they are. She just knows she has to find them.
She sets out alone, masquerading as a boy, her journey becoming more perilous as the bombs begin to fall. Making her way across the desolate Afghan countryside, she meets other children who are strays from the war ― an infant boy in a bombed-out village, a nine-year-old girl who believes she has magical powers over land mines, and a boy with one leg who is so obnoxious that Parvana can hardly stand him. The children travel together because it is easier than being alone. And, as they forge their own family in the war zone that Afghanistan has become, their resilience, imagination and luck help them to survive.
The reissue includes a new cover and map, an updated author’s note and a glossary to provide young readers with background and context. All royalties from the sale of this book will go to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan. Parvana’s Fund supports education projects for Afghan women and children.
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3
Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.9
Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Parvana’s Journey (Breadwinner Series, 2)”, de Deborah Ellis, publicado pela editora Groundwood Books, em 2015 e com 200 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Groundwood Books
Páginas: 200
Ano: 2015-05-01
Edição: Fifteenth Anniversary edition
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1554987709
ISBN13: 9781554987702
Sobre a editora
A leitura dos livros da editora Groundwood Books revela uma atenção delicada a temas sociais e ambientais, com narrativas que transitam entre histórias pessoais e coletivas. O catálogo apresenta obras que exploram desde a infância e suas descobertas até desafios familiares complexos, sempre com um tom que pode variar do lírico ao direto, do poético ao realista. Muitas histórias são contadas a partir do ponto de vista de jovens protagonistas, com conflitos internos e externos que convidam à reflexão sobre identidade, pertencimento e superação. Além disso, há uma presença marcante da natureza, seja como cenário ou como elemento simbólico, que reforça uma conexão sensível com o mundo ao redor.
