A IS FOR ADPTION

• Parvanna had to adaped to the talibans rule
• They forbade girls to go to school
• Ch.1 pg.1

B IS FOR BURQA

• Women had to were burqas so they dont get in trouble
• Mother and nooria had to wear burqas whenever they went outside
• Ch2 pg 20

C IS FOR CHADOR

• Parvana had to wear chadors outside to fetch water
• Parvana could slip off her sandals,hang up her chador and relax
• Ch2 pg 21

D IS FOR DARI

• Dari was one of the languages afghans speak
• "Anything written!Anything read! Pashtu and dari"
• Ch1 pg 10

E IS FOR EID

• Eid is a moslem festival coming at the end of ramadan
• It had been an eid present from her aunt in mazar-e-sharif
• Ch2 pg24

F IS FOR FALSE LEG

• A false leg was used for people who lost their legs in bombings
• Parvana had to lean against her father to balance his false leg
• Ch1 pg16

G IS FOR GUEST

• Parvanna father always say manners are important
• As the men walked out parvanna remembered her manners
• Ch15 pg155

H IS FOR HOSSAIN

• Hossain was parvana's older brother
• From noorias stories hossain sounded like someone parvana would have liked
• Ch2 pg26

I IS FOR INDOORS

• Women and girls were forced to stay indoors
• The taliban had ordered all girls and women to stay inside
• Ch1pg7

J IS FOR JAIL

• Parvanas father was taken to prison
• "Your not truly afghan unless you know someone in prison"
• Ch3pg35

K IS FOR KARACHI

• A karachi is a cart on wheels
• "He told us where he lived so me and my friend put him on our karachi
• Ch.15 pg 155

L IS FOR LANDMINE

• Hossain was killed by a landmine
• He had been killed by a landmine when he was fourteen
• Ch2pg25

M IS FOR MALALI

• Malali was a afghan girl how lead soldiers into battle
• "We can win this battle!" 'Don't give up hope! Pick yourselves up! Lets go"
• Ch2pg29

N IS FOR NAN

• Nan is a flat,afghan bread
• The bread was still warm. It smelled so good!
• Ch5pg55

O IS FOR ORNAMENTS

• House-hold ornaments were sold for money
• First she got all the small things they were selling
• Dishes,pillow cases,and house-hold ornaments
• Ch1pg15

P IS FOR PAKUL

• A pakul is a gray or brown woolen blanket shawl worn by afghan men
• The women shook her head.parvana wished she had her pakul with her but it was summer so she left it at home
• Ch14pg146

Q IS FOR QUIET

• Women had to be quiet in the market place to not get in trouble
• The man sitting beside her father would not want to hear her voice.
• Ch1pg7

R IS FOR READING

• Not many people could read or write
• Parvana had been one of the lucky ones
• Ch1pg9

S IS FOR SOVIET

• The soviet union before its break-up
• "You were such an ugly baby,the soviets couldnt stand to be in the same country with you."
• Ch1pg13

T IS FOR TALIBAN

• The taliban is a group of afghans who ruled afghanistan until 2001
• The taliban were afghans,and they had very definite ideas about how things should be run
• Ch1pg11

U IS FOR UNCLUTTERED

• They had to clean up after the taliban invaded their house
• Mother gently placed the sleeping Ali on the uncluttered stop on the floor.
• Ch3pg34

V IS FOR VICTORY

• When they came with the idea to make parvana a boy it worked
• "As a boy,you'll be able to move in and out of the market,buy what we need,and no one will stop you"
• Ch6pg63

W IS FOR WAR

• There was a war with the soviets
• There had been a war going on for 20 years
• Ch1pg9

X IS FOR

Y IS FOR

Z IS FOR KAMEEZ

• A shalwar kameez is a long,loose shirt and trousers
• The vibrant red cloth caught parvana's eye."my good shalwar kameez"
• Ch2pg13