Parvanas Journey, Deborah Ellis
Parvanas Journey, Deborah Ellis
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Parvana's Journey

Author: Deborah Ellis

Narrator: Meera Simhan

Unabridged: 3 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/11/2009


Synopsis

‘My life is dust and rocks and rude boys and skinny babies, and long days of searching for my mother when I don’t have the faintest idea where she might be.’

Parvana is alone. Her father is dead. A refugee in a land full of dangers, she must travel across Afghanistan to find her mother and sisters.

As she travels, Parvana finds friends — a starving, orphaned baby; a strange, hostile boy; a solitary girl who darts in and out of the minefields to find food.

Perhaps, with their help, she may one day be reunited with her family...

About The Author

Deborah Ellis won Canada’s Governor General’s Award in 2000 for her first book, Searching for X. She is also the author of several other books, including Parvana’s Journey, winner of the Jane Addams Award and the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award, given annually by the Ontario Arts Council and the Canadian Booksellers Association. She lives in Ontario, Canada.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Darla on January 13, 2023

Parvana is on a heartbreaking journey to find her mother. Without her father, she is alone. As she seeks out food and shelter along the way, she gathers a little family of children around her: a baby who survived a village bombing, a runaway boy living in a cave, and a little girl living next to a m......more

Goodreads review by Anastasia on December 14, 2016

i enjoyed this story, though at most points it was really sad. these three children had to live off the streets and had to be careful of the land mines placed everywhere......more

Goodreads review by Mary on August 07, 2023

Best book to read to understand that not everyone has what we have, some are struggling and their countries are being bombed, children being kidnapped and forced into child labour and how dreadful the world is. But there is hope at the end of the tunnel...with people helping each other its possible.......more

Goodreads review by Karen on October 06, 2019

Parvana's Journey is just like what the title says it's about ... Parvana's journey. The book talked about Parvana and her dad's long way from Kabul to find her mother and the rest of her family. During Parvana's journey, she is forced to face lots of questions. Problems like How will I get food? Wh......more

*Recenzija se odnosi na sve 3 knjige početne trilogije: The Breadwinner, Parvana's Journey i Mud City.* Svakodnevne stvari, odnosno - svakodnevne slobode - rijetko tko od nas smatra povlasticama. Dok bezbrižno šećemo ulicama, vozimo auto, idemo u školu/na posao/fakultet ili obavljamo svakodnevne posl......more