Breadwinner : a graphic novel by Tanaka, Shelley 

BTSB Prebound(Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 307161 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 2.5 MG RC: 5.5 6-8 Lexile: 510 GN F&P: Z

Genres:

Subjects: Taliban - Fiction Graphic novels Family life - Fiction Women's rights - Fiction Gender role - Fiction Disguise - Fiction Kabul (Afghanistan) - Fiction Afghanistan - Fiction

Summary: A graphic-novel adaptation of the story of eleven-year-old Parvana who must disguise herself as a boy to support her family during the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan.

Ground Zero by Gratz, Alan 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 393479 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 4.8 MG Lexile: 690

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001) - Fiction September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 - Fiction Afghan War, 2001- - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction New York (N.Y.) - Fiction Afghanistan - Fiction

Summary: Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.