eeing as I had already read the amazing creation that is "The Breadwinner" I got very excited when I finally began to read "Parvana's Journey" The themes of the story include : historical fiction, realistic fiction and the occasional touch of survival and friendship. Here once more we meet Parvana a young girl around the age of fourteen who lives in Afghanistan and has lost her father, while her mother an siblings are living in a refugee camp. She must disguise herself a s a young boy in order to survive, but must also avoid being caught by the Taliban. She also must survive by finding food, water, clothes, and a box to call home, Often thought this makes out to be a task and she often finds her attempts in failure. The message her is : Life brings suffering often more times than it brings joy. It may seem like the book is a total downer, but it's really just truthful. An the story isn't Parvanna suffering, it's her learning, in fact she makes many friends and meets people and learns some important things along the way. So it's really the story of her learning from her suffering. I didn't really see symbolism here, it was really down to earth to my concern. The book is amazing, I don't see why people would dislike it. The characters are likable and realistic, and I love how Parvana doesn't act a if she knows everything and doesn't always succeed, unlike in other utterly annoying books: The Twilight Saga, The Blood of Eden, etc.The story is well rounded, the pacing, amazing. Every thing was perfectly done.
Parvana is a girl in midst of a terrible war in Afghanistan. Her father has just died and she desperately wants to find her mother and siblings. She disguises herself as a boy in order to travel without great difficulty in her country. Everywhere there are enormous obstacles. She cannot find food. She cannot find clean water. She must travel across mine fields. She runs across a baby and a one-legged boy and a little girl who all travel with her, who all add to her burden of finding food and water and a safe place to pass the night. It’s a beautiful story of great struggle, told from the point of view of a child, who sees all the miseries of war and bravely asks why and dares to seek a life without the ongoing ugliness of war. It is Parvana’s memory of her friend who set off to find the purple fields of France that inspires her to go on, even after encountering the wailing woman, even after seeing the baby come close to death, even after trying to push the irritating one-legged boy on, even after walking for days with no food and no water. This is a book I can see myself telling everyone I know that they must read.A 1001 Children’s Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up.
What do You think about Parvana's Journey (2003)?
We read this book in our 6th group small group. The boys in the group love this series (this is book #2) and currently can't put the third one ("Mud City) down! I wanted to include their reviews that they wrote.HerbyThis book is part of a series so if you like it you can read the series. I think this is a good book to show the life of Afghanistan people live. The genre of this book is realistic fiction. The setting in the book is in Afghanistan. I recommend that everyone should read this book. It is one of the most interesting books I have read. Andrew tThis book is the second of a series so I recommend you read the first book, “The Breadwinner.” If you’re the type of person that likes books from author Deborah Ellis and realistic fiction, this book is for you. The book’s setting is in Afghanistan. I like this book because it’s about survival and family.
—Christina
maybe, altho wouldn't be able to read them all at once, it is a very heavy topic. But good to read about Afghanistan partic with Sarah and Vince there. It was an audiobook so maybe that was a little easier?!
—Katrina
"WOW" that is all I have to say about this book. It kills all the hatred in me and brings out the caring part of me. The story is so touching because of the word choices also the ideas and explanation of the scenes sounds so realistic. It's like a 3D feeling that is like no other, I don't think I can compare this to any movie. All the ideas had relevant details and the all the scenes have real life reactions. The story is Fiction although the story does not ever drift of to fantasy . The text style does not ever let get a taste of fiction.
—Ahnaf
