Afghanistan Parvana's father is arrested & taken away by Taliban soldiers Under Taliban law women & girls are not allowed to leave the house on their own Parvana her mother & sisters are prisoners in their own home With no man to go out to buy food they face starvation So Parvana must pretend to be a boy to save her family It is a dangerous plan but their only chance In fear she goes out
- & witnesses the horror of landmines the brutality of the Taliban & the desperation of a country trying to survive But even in despair lies hope Deborah Ellis has been to Afghan refugee camps & has listened to many stories like Parvana's