SHOUZIYA

Parvanas best friend Shauzia has fled Afghanistan and is faced with surviving on her own on the streets of Peshawar Pakistan. With her dog as her only friend she must scrounge for food beg for money and look for a safe place to sleep every night. But could it be worse than a lifetime spent living in a refugee camp? This is a powerful and very human story of a feisty driven girl who tries to take control of her own life. Praise for The Breadwinnern More than 200000 copies sold n Winner of Swedens Peter Pan Prize the Rockey Mountain Book Award and the University of Californias Middle East Book Awarda great kids book a graphic geopolitical brief thats also a girl-power parable. - Newsweek a book... about the hard times- and the courage - of Afghan children. - Washington Post Praise for Parvanas Journey n Winner of the Jane Addams Peace Award Through spare affecting prose Ellis...makes the childrens journey both arduous and believable. - Booklist This sequel...easily stands alone... An unforgettable read. - School Library Journal (starred review)