Chapters 5-12
Powerful Quotes:
It felt so good that she almost felt no regret as she watched the vibrant red cloth flutter away in the breeze as it was carried away into the crowded Labyrith of the market, never to be seen again.
Descriptive Language:
She could feel the sun on her face, and a light breeze floating down the mountin, made the air fresh and fine.
Vocabulary:
Talib
Idle
Brusquely
Gingerly
Toshak
Decree
Karachi
Deep Questions:
I wonder if Parvana will get caught and beaten for dressing up like a boy.
Other Notes:
He asked one of the tea boys hovering nearby for some water from the tea shop. It was fetched, and he poured it around the flowers, soaking the Earth around them.
Through the dusty front windshield she could see Mount Parvana, the snow on it’s peak sparkled in the sun.
Vocabulary:
Escort
Deresion
Deep Thinking Q:
I wonder why the book didn’t tell more info about Mother and the kids?
Other Notes:
Powerful Quotes:
It felt so good that she almost felt no regret as she watched the vibrant red cloth flutter away in the breeze as it was carried away into the crowded Labyrith of the market, never to be seen again.
Descriptive Language:
She could feel the sun on her face, and a light breeze floating down the mountin, made the air fresh and fine.
Vocabulary:
Talib
Idle
Brusquely
Gingerly
Toshak
Decree
Karachi
Deep Questions:
I wonder if Parvana will get caught and beaten for dressing up like a boy.
Other Notes:
- Parvana went to the market
- Before she could finish, she got chased and beaten by a Taliban
- Mrs. Weera helped her
- Parvana dressed like a boy to go to the market to finish up the grocery shopping and sell things at the market.
- Mrs. Weera moved in with the family
- While Parvana is selling things, Parvana reads the Talib a note that he can not read and she helps him
- Parvana showed Maryam how to use the tap and how to wash her face
- Parvana was mistaken for her father being a man walking past her down the street.
- Parvana met Shauzia who was her friend from school
- Shauzia wants to work with Parvana
Vocabulary:
Rubble
Descriptive Language: The slight breeze carried a rotting stench to where Parvana and Shauzia were standing, on the edge of the cemetery’s old section
Deep Thinking Questions:
I wonder who the boy she will marry means that he will go and do work and Parvana won’t have to ?
Other Notes:- Shauzia and Parvana dug for human bones to sell and make money.
- Parvana was supposed to come home for lunch but instead, she stayed with Shauzia and kept digging and she disobeyed her mother
- Shauzia and Parvana went to a soccer game to sell cigarettes and gum but no one did and there was no cheering and the girls realized that the men on the fields were thieves and the soldier was telling everyone that they cut off their hands if they are caught
- Shauzia told Parvana that she is going to leave to France in Spring
- Mother told Parvana that Nooria was getting married!
He asked one of the tea boys hovering nearby for some water from the tea shop. It was fetched, and he poured it around the flowers, soaking the Earth around them.
Through the dusty front windshield she could see Mount Parvana, the snow on it’s peak sparkled in the sun.
Vocabulary:
Escort
Deresion
Deep Thinking Q:
I wonder why the book didn’t tell more info about Mother and the kids?
Other Notes:
- Parvana argues about how Nooria is getting married
- Nooria is moving to Mazar
- Mother says the whole family is moving to Mazar
- Parvana argues that she dosen’t want to go to Mazar
- Parvana decides to stay with Mrs.Weera
- Parvana finds a women crying because she does not have a chador or burqua so she comes home with Parvana and Mrs. Weera helps her.
- The young womens name is Homa
- Homa tells Parvana that the Taliban are in Mazar!
- Father is home!
- Parvana and Father go to Mazar and find Mother and the kids.
- Parvana sees the Window Women