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As she waits for foreign military forces to determine her fate, she remembers the past four years of her life. Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.Something that was supposedly meant to protect them only stripped them of their freedoms, and many men took advantage of that. She is found by a police officer named Shauzia, who takes her to Green Valley, a shelter and school for women and girls run by Parvana. While Father and Mother are more progressive in their politics, these changes don't affect their relationship much, but many other families saw dramatic changes as husbands began to lean into these restrictive policies.

Even this existence is threatened when the Taliban break in and arrest her father for the crime of having gone to school in England. The novel was followed by four sequels, Parvana's Journey in 2002, Mud City in 2003, My Name is Parvana in 2012 and One More Mountain in 2022. Parvana’s parents are from old respected Afghan families and have foreign educations, though they have lost most of their wealth and possessions after years of war.When she first cuts her hair short to resemble a boy, she is hesitant, but she quickly discovers that life as a boy allows her a sense of invisibility that she has always craved. Reunited with her mother and sisters, she has been living in a village where her mother managed to open a school for girls. The writing style is simple but the story is so powerful I could hardly put it down, and the spirit and resilience of Parvana and her family were inspirational.

When the girls have exhumed five skeletons, they take turns watching over the bones while they pee in a bombed-out building. When she and Father are preparing to leave Kabul, Parvana uproots some wildflowers and replants them in the marketplace where she and her father would set up their stand.FYI: All royalties from the sale of the book will be donated to Women for Women in Afghanistan, dedicated to the education of Afghan girls in refugee camps in Pakistan. Eleven-year-old Parvana must masquerade as a boy to gain access to the outside world and support her dwindling family.

Other men help them gather their scattered gum and cigarettes as the Taliban cut off six more hands, and when it’s over, they escort the girls out. She still dreams of seeing the ocean and eventually making a new life in France, but it's hard to imagine when she is living in. They learn her name is Homa and that she escaped on a truck from Mazar after the Taliban took it over and shot her family in the street. The girl does not respond to questions in any language and remains silent, even when she is threatened, harassed, and mistreated over several days. This book serves not only to make us, as kids, aware of this difficult topic, but also spurs us to want to get involved.Soon the family runs out of money and food, a desperate situation since Parvana, her mother, and her sisters can't be outside unless they're with a man.