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Synopsis

Animated/Drama. Based on the novel by Deborah Ellis. After her father is arrested by the Taliban, an Afghani girl (voice of Saara Chaudry) dresses as a boy to help support her family.

Content elements

• Infrequent references to war, death, and dying - no detail
• Infrequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence in the context of war - little blood, no detail

Thematic elements

• Storytelling
• War, gender, and power
• Life during wartime

Classification rationale

Rated PG for violence

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