The Breadwinner

This book was written by a famous author, Deborah Ellis. The Breadwinner is about a little Afghan girl named Parvana who lives with her once rich family in a bombed out apartment building. Parvana begins her story by telling how her mom and dad were both highly educated people with degrees. Later on, the Taliban came to power and everything in their lives changed. All girls in Afghanistan were not aloud to go to school. All males had to work, therefore Parvana helped out with the household, which included fetching food and water, cleaning and dusting the house, and watching her two little syballings. She lives in a horribe life, day after day. One day, the Taliban suddenly came and knocked on Parvana's door, they demanded to take there father, they beat him up, while his wife was watching. She couldn't take it anymore she went up to the taliban and asked them why they had to take him away. They said that he was still working. Therefore they beat up his wife too. Everyday Parvana would tell the Taliban that she needed her father back. But they just wouldn't . So Parvana would have to dress up as a guy in order to work.A few months later, her sister was getting married. When Parvana's mother and sister were off to their wedding, two taliban came in holding her father, weakly. Mrs Weera had told her that, the city where her family members went was where the Taliban took over..