The Breadwinner: A Graphic Novel
by Shelley Tanaka, Anita Doron, and Deborah Ellis
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Graphic Novel
- Cultural Area
- South Asian
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2018
Word Count 3,252
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 510L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 193578
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Women--Afghanistan--Social conditions--Juvenile fiction
- Women's rights
- Taliban--Fiction
- Girls
- Disguise--Fiction
- Women's rights--Afghanistan--Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION--People & Places--Middle East
- Kabul (Afghanistan)--Fiction
- Male impersonators--Fiction
- Sex discrimination--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Asia
- JUVENILE FICTION--Girls & Women
- Women--Afghanistan--Social conditions--Juvenile fiction--Comic books, strips, etc
- Sex role--Afghanistan--Juvenile fiction--Comic books, strips, etc
- Kabul (Afghanistan)--Juvenile fiction
- Survival--Fiction
- Sex role
- Girls--Afghanistan--Juvenile fiction--Comic books, strips, etc
- Afghanistan--Kabul
- Women--Social conditions
- Taliban
- Girls--Afghanistan--Juvenile fiction
- Graphic novels
- Taliban--Juvenile fiction
- Women's rights--Afghanistan--Juvenile fiction--Comic books, strips, etc
- Afghanistan--History--20th century--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Media Tie-In
- Canada
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Graphic Novels
- Sex role--Afghanistan--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Women's rights--Fiction
- Sexism--Afghanistan--Fiction
- Sex role--Fiction
- Graphic novels--Canada
- Afghanistan--Fiction
- Taliban--Juvenile fiction--Comic books, strips, etc
- JUVENILE FICTION--Comics & Graphic Novels--Media Tie-In
- Afghanistan
- Kabul (Afghanistan)--Juvenile fiction--Comic books, strips, etc
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Shelley Tanaka
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Deborah Ellis
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 1

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Graphic Novels Selection, 2018
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