The breadwinner, a graphic novel, text adapted by Shelley Tanaka from the Breadwinner film from a screenplay by Anita Doron ; color stills by Breadwinner Canada Inc., Cartoon Saloon, Melusine Productions S.A
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The breadwinner, a graphic novel, text adapted by Shelley Tanaka from the Breadwinner film from a screenplay by Anita Doron ; color stills by Breadwinner Canada Inc., Cartoon Saloon, Melusine Productions S.A
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The breadwinner
Nature of contents
comics graphic novels
Oclc number
1016449449
Responsibility statement
text adapted by Shelley Tanaka from the Breadwinner film from a screenplay by Anita Doron ; color stills by Breadwinner Canada Inc., Cartoon Saloon, Melusine Productions S.A
Sub title
a graphic novel
Summary
Young Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan. Because Parvana's father has a foreign education, he is arrested by the Taliban. Women cannot appear in public unless covered head to toe, go to school, or work outside the home, so the family becomes increasingly desperate until Parvana conceives a plan
Target audience
juvenile
Classification
Contributor
Creator
Subject
- Graphic novels
- Afghanistan -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Taliban -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Survival -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Sex role -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Disguise -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Women's rights -- Comic books, strips, etc
Content
Author
adaptor
resource.screenwriter
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor5
- Creator1
- Genre2
- Subject9
- Graphic novels
- Afghanistan -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Taliban -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Survival -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Sex role -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Disguise -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Women's rights -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Content2
- Author1
- adaptor1
- resource.screenwriter1
- Mapped to1