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Parawana

Parawana

Deborah, Ellis

Paperback

General Fiction

ISBN10: 8177667521
ISBN13: 9788177667523
Publisher: Multicultural Books & Videos
Published: Jan 12 2006
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.37 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: Marathi
IN PARVANA'S JOURNEY, THE TALIBAN STILL CONTROL AFGHANISTAN, BUT KABUL IS IN RUINS. PARVANA'S FATHER HAS JUST DIED, AND HER MOTHER, SISTER, AND BROTHER COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY. PARVANA KNOWS SHE MUST FIND THEM. DESPITE HER YOUTH, PARVANA SETS OUT ALONE, MASQUERADING AS A BOY. SHE SOON MEETS OTHER CHILDREN WHO ARE VICTIMS OF WAR - AN INFANT BOY IN A BOMBED-OUT VILLAGE, A NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO THINKS SHE HAS MAGIC POWERS OVER LANDMINES, AND A BOY WITH ONE LEG. THE CHILDREN TRAVEL TOGETHER, FORGING A KIND OF FAMILY OUT OF SHEER NEED. THE STRENGTH OF THEIR BOND MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO SURVIVE THE MOST DESPERATE CONDITIONS. ROYALTIES FROM THIS BOOK WILL GO TOWARD AN EDUCATION FUND FOR AFGHAN GIRLS IN PAKISTANI REFUGEE CAMPS. ...तेवढ्यात आणखी धमाके झाले. जमीन पुन्हापुन्हा हादरत होती. मुलांच्या डोळ्यांदेखत नेम धरून फेकल्यासारखा, त्यांच्या घरावरच बॉम्ब पडला. धूळ, धुराने भरलेला आगीचा लोळ आकाशात झेपावला... परवानाने उभारलेल्या तिच्या छोट्याशा दुनियेचे जळके तुकडे चौफेर विखुरले... एकमेकांना घट्ट बिलगून भेदरलेली मुलं रात्रभर खडकांच्या आडोशाला बसून राहिली. आकाशात घरघरणारी विमानं चेकाळल्यासारखी आग ओकत होती. संपूर्ण रात्र धुमश्चक्री चालली होती. धमाके थांबले, तेव्हा सकाळ झाली असावी. समोर फक्त धुमसणारी आग... धूर... आणि धूळ... दादी नव्हती. घर नव्हतं. काहीच नव्हतं.

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