黛博拉·艾利斯引人入勝的《養家糊口的人》系列的第一部作品是一部獲獎小說，講述了20世紀90年代末塔利班統治阿富汗期間，在特殊環境下，忠誠、生存、家庭和友誼的故事。

11歲的帕瓦娜和家人住在阿富汗首都喀布爾一棟被炸毀的公寓大樓的一個房間裡。帕瓦娜的父親——在學校被炸毀、健康狀況惡化之前一直是歷史老師——在市場上用毯子鋪在地上，為那些不識字的人讀信。有一天，他因接受外國教育而被捕，從此家裡無人能賺錢，甚至無人能買東西吃。

隨著家庭條件日漸惡化，唯一的出路只有一個：帕瓦娜作為女孩被禁止賺錢，她必須把自己打扮成男孩，成為養家糊口的人。

十五週年紀念版包含黛博拉·艾利斯撰寫的特別序言、新地圖、更新的作者註和詞彙表，為年輕讀者提供背景資訊。本書所有版稅將捐贈給「阿富汗學習權」（Right to Learn Pakistan）。帕瓦娜基金會支持阿富汗婦女和兒童的教育計畫。

The first book in Deborah Ellis’s riveting Breadwinner series is an award-winning novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances during the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan in the late 1990s.

Eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital city. Parvana’s father ― a history teacher until his school was bombed and his health destroyed ― works from a blanket on the ground in the marketplace, reading letters for people who cannot read or write. One day, he is arrested for the crime of having a foreign education, and the family is left without someone who can earn money or even shop for food.

As conditions for the family grow desperate, only one solution emerges. Forbidden to earn money as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy, and become the breadwinner.

The fifteenth anniversary edition includes a special foreword by Deborah Ellis as well as a new map, an updated author’s note and a glossary to provide young readers with background and context. All royalties from the sale of this book will go to Right to Learn Afghanistan. Parvana’s Fund supports education projects for Afghan women and children.