The ever-enterprising Parvana had put a lot of work into preparing this school for its opening. The early chapters alternate between Parvana in custody and flashing back to the story of the school that her mother had started. We soon learn that she is under suspicion of being a terrorist, but still she refuses to answer their questions. We do not know why she is undergoing questioning or why she won’t answer their questions. The book begins with the now 15-year-old Parvana in custody refusing to answer the questions of foreign soldiers (probably American). It arrived in the mail on Friday and I wasted no time starting to read this much-anticipated book, finishing it the same day. To have the opportunity to read it before its release was wonderful! I had been looking forward to reading the upcoming book ever since. Deborah Ellis had spoken at our Librarian’s PD last spring on the day she had just finished her changes and had submitted the book to the publisher. I was delighted this summer when Groundwood Books offered me an advance copy of Deborah Ellis’s soon-to-be released sequel to the Breadwinner series, My Name is Parvana.
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