Best Selling Books by DEBORAH ELLIS

Nell''Afghanistan finalmente libero dal regime talebano i soldati americani arrestano una ragazzina trovata a vagare tra le macerie di una scuola bombardata, perché sospettata di terrorismo. Interrogata per giorni, la ragazzina si rifiuta di parlare nonostante le minacce e le pressioni estenuanti a cui è sottoposta. Mentre attende di conoscere il suo destino, Parvana, che ormai ha quindici anni, ripercorre gli ultimi avvenimenti, dal momento in cui ha ritrovato sua madre e le sue sorelle, fino all''apertura di una scuola per ragazze: un sogno divenuto realtà. Ma questo è l''Afghanistan di oggi, un Paese in cui la guerra non è mai davvero finita e molti continuano a guardare all''istruzione femminile e alla libertà delle donne con sospetto e paura. Ed è a causa di quei pregiudizi che Parvana e la sua famiglia corrono un grave pericolo

CLOSE DOWN YOUR SCHOOL... OR YOU WILL PAY THE PRICE. CLOSE DOWN YOUR SCHOOL OR WE WILL KILL YOU. LOCKED AWAY BY AMERICAN MILITARY SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN, PARVANA REFUSES TO TALK TO HER CAPTORS. HER SILENCE ONLY BAFFLES AND ANGERS THOSE IN CHARGE, LEADING THEM TO QUESTION THE INNOCENCE OF THIS YOUNG SILENT REBEL, SNATCHED FROM THE RUINS OF A BOMBED-OUT SCHOOL. THEIR ONLY CLUE IS HER DIARY AND A SERIES OF NAMES IN IT THAT THEY HOPE WILL HELP THEM FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED. THROUGH PARVANA’S STORY, YOU WILL SEE HOW LIVES ARE SHATTERED AND SCATTERED LIKE SHRAPNEL IN A COUNTRY DEVASTATED BY WAR. YOU WILL ENCOUNTER PEOPLE WAGING THEIR OWN CRUSHING BATTLES: A SINGLE MOTHER STRIVING AGAINST VICIOUS TRADITION TO RUN A SCHOOL FOR GIRLS; YOUNG GIRLS GROWING UP WITH GRIM REALITIES AND DREAMS OF FREE SKIES; AND STUDENTS STRUGGLING TO GET AN EDUCATION THAT WILL GIVE THEM WINGS. MOST OF ALL, YOU WILL MEET, AND NEVER FORGET, A FEISTY GIRL WHO BELIEVES THAT EVEN IN THE DARKEST HOURS OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION, HOPE SHINES FORTH LIKE THE DESERT SUN. अफगाणिस्तानात वर्षानुवर्षं चाललेल्या युद्धामुळे तिथलं राजकीय, आर्थिक, सामाजिक जीवन ढवळून निघालं आहे. तिथल्या नागरिकांना दैनंदिन जीवनासाठी लढाई लढावी लागते आहे. तालिबानने अफगाणिस्तानवर केलेल्या हल्ल्यानंतर तेथील स्त्रियांवर खूप बंधनं लादण्यात आली. मुलींच्या शाळेत जाण्यावर बंदी आली. मुलींच्या शाळाच बंद पाडल्या गेल्या. स्त्रियांना नोकरी करण्यास मज्जाव करण्यात आला आणि कपड्यांवर, सार्वजनिक वावरावर जुनाट बंधनं लादली गेली. नंतर अमेरिकेने अफगाणिस्तानवर हल्ला करून तालिबानी सत्ता संपुष्टात आणली, तरी सर्वसामान्य लोकांच्या आणि स्त्रियांच्या जीवनात काहीच फरक पडला नाही. स्त्रियांचं स्थान दुय्यमच राहिलं. अशा विपरीत परिस्थितीतही परवानासारखी मुलगी शिक्षणाची, फ्रान्सला जाण्याची- स्वातंत्र्यपूर्ण भरारीची स्वप्ने पाहते. अर्थातच त्यासाठी तिला प्रचंड संघर्ष करावा लागतो. संकटात सापडलेल्या स्त्रियांना/ मुलींना आधार देणाऱ्या वीरा मौसीच्या आधारावर ती या स्फोटक परिस्थितीतून कशी बाहेर पडते याचं चित्रण केलं आहे ‘माय नेम इज परवाना’ या पुस्तकात.

Thirteen year-old Parvana and other Afghan children search the countryside for missing parents.

Further true-to-life adventures for Diego, a gutsy young Bolivian boy caught between fighting for justice and returning home to his family. A brave, revealing novel from the author of the best-selling ''Parvana'' books. Ages 10-14 years. (SA: Year 6- Year 9)

In this sequel to The Breadwinner, Parvana is now 15 and living in post-Taliban Afghanistan. She is suspected by the US military of working with terrorists but unwilling to tell her story. She spends her time in confinement reflecting on the past

An absorbing, emotionally engrossing story about a young Indian girl who has to survive by herself on the streets of Kolkata.

The children of soldiers speak out in this powerful book by the international best-selling author of the Parvana trilogy.

When a Muslim boy is arrested at a high school on suspicion of terrorist affiliations, growing racial tensions divide the student population.

Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women''s freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father''s arrest.

In order to earn enough money to buy a way out of the Afghan refugee camp where she lives, Shauzia dresses like a boy, but is forced into panhandling and ends up in jail, gaining hope only when a well-meaning American family rescues her.