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PARVANA IS BRAVE

• Brave: to have strength of mind or act firmly in the face of danger.

Quote
"Will anyone hire me to read for them? I'm only eleven."

CONNECTION

• Parvana's courage reminds me of the time I had to build up my courage when I was five or six to go into a haunted house.

NOORIA IS BOSSY

• Bossy:given to ordering people about.

Quote
"You will rest better when your work is done. Now go. The water tank is almost empty."

CONNECTION

• Nooria doesn't give up on something she wants her sister Parvana to do, a bit like my second oldest sister Briana. When my sister wants to go somewhere or get something, she ask my mom if she can drive her and then my Dad, and if they say no she keeps trying to get them to take her and doesn't give up.

FATHER IS KIND

• Of a good or benevolent nature or dispotition, as a person.

Quote
"We afghans do everything to make our guest comfortable. But if someone comes into our home or our country and acts like our enemy, then we will defend our home."

CONNECTION

• Parvana's father is friendly like my parents who welcome their guest and neighbours who have just moved in.