What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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My Name Is Parvana
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SOLVED. YA Fiction - Mother of a Middle Eastern girl is murdered and dropped on her daughter's doorstep with note pinned to her. Read around 2018.
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Lydia White
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May 24, 2025 02:52PM
I read this around 7 years ago when I was in 5th grade. I had always thought this was a scene from “The Breadwinner” series, but recently I came to realize that this never happened in those books. This scene stuck in my mind because I was traumatized by it as a young kid reading it. This is what I can recall: A girl and her mom live in a country in the middle east and the Taliban have a lot of power and are very feared. The girl and her mom are working to start a school. The mom gets invited to this meeting with some authoritative people about the school, but it turns out to be a trap. The mom is murdered (it never said how, just that she was killed) and dumped on the doorstep of her home. Her daughter opens the door to find her dead mother lying there, with a threatening note pinned to her shirt. The daughter must flee her home and go in a journey to a safe place.
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My Name Is ParvanaShe walked over to the body and drew back the cloth that covered her mother’s head. She stared at the mess the men had made of her mother’s face.
There was a note pinned to her mother’s clothes.
This woman ran a school for evil girls. Now she is dead. Her school will be closed.
Yes that’s the one, thank you! I guess I was right after all about the series🤭
You're welcome, glad to help out!
