by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 27, 2026
Why has Parvana come to the cave?
by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 27, 2026
Parvana is carrying a women’s magazine that her mother had written articles for. Why is it a secret magazine? What kind of articles do you think it might contain?
by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 27, 2026
The author writes, on page 35, “She could see no war in his sleeping face, or in the way his breathing made his little chest rise and fall.” What does this sentence mean to you?
by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 27, 2026
List five or six things that Parvana does in this chapter that make you admire her know-how. How many of those things would you be able to do?
by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 27, 2026
Why do you think Parvana is, at first, so angry with the wailing woman? What is wrong with the wailing woman? What does this scene do for the book?
