The Breadwinner: A Graphic Novel
by Shelley Tanaka, Anita Doron, and Deborah Ellis • Part of the Breadwinner Series • Related Edition: Non-Graphic
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Graphic Novel
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Asian
- Immigrant / Refugee
- South Asian
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2018
Word Count 3,252
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 510L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 193578, 0.5 AR Points
- 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
- Sex discrimination--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Asia
- JUVENILE FICTION--Girls & Women
- Women--Afghanistan--Social conditions--Juvenile fiction--Comic books, strips, etc
- Gender roles--Afghanistan--Juvenile fiction--Comic books, strips, etc
- Kabul (Afghanistan)--Juvenile fiction
- Survival--Fiction
- Gender roles
- 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
- Gender roles--Afghanistan--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Women's rights--Fiction
- Sexism--Afghanistan--Fiction
- Gender roles--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
- Lists With This Book
- Sample: StudyForge
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