Vocabulary
The bread that Parvana and her family eat.
Naan
Parvana does not get along well with this sister.
Nooria
The Taliban believe that they should not be educated.
Girls/ Women
Parvana needed to use a bucket to fetch this everyday.
Water
The city where Parvana and her family live.
Kabul
Afghan women and girls wear this piece of cloth to cover their hair and shoulders.
Chador
Parvana's identity when she was a boy.
Kaseem
Women must wear these to go outside.
Burqa
When Parvana's father is taken to jail, she must pretend to be one of these to work in the marketplace.
A boy
Parvana was able to go to the market every day with her father because he needed her to do this.
Help him walk
Parvana's home had these mattresses which are used in place of chairs or beds in Afghanistan.
Toshak
She was a physical education teacher before the Taliban took over.
Mrs. Weera
Women must be accompanied by them or have a note written by them when they go outside.
Men
Parvana's first customer after taking over for her father was a Talib who asked her to do this.
Read a letter
The family had to travel here for Nooria's wedding and it was captured by the Taliban while they were there.
Mazar-e-Sharif
Both men and women wear this type of clothing which has trousers and a long, loose shirt.
Shalwar kameez
A girl from Parvana's class who worked as a tea boy and called herself Shafiq.
Shauzia
Thieves lose one of these as punishment.
Hand
Parvana and Shauzia did this job to earn enough money to buy trays.
Digging up bones
Parvana said goodbye to the Window Woman by putting these where she used to sit on her blanket in the market.
Flowers
Mrs. Weera borrowed one of these wheeled carts to move her belongings.
Karachi
Parvana's older brother who was killed by a land mine.
Hossain
Parvana's father had to hide his books so that the Taliban wouldn't do this.
Burn them
Parvana and Shauzia sold cigarettes, chewing gum, and matches from their trays before adding these after Parvana's mother suggested it.
Bags of dried fruit and nuts
In twenty years, Parvana and Shauzia plan to meet here on the first day of spring.
The Eiffel Tower/ Paris/ France