The Breadwinner is a complete novel study that’s ready to go with minimal preparation required by the teacher. This book is a great fit for middle school language arts and social studies. It aligns with many of the common core state standards. The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: reading comprehension, predicting, making inferences, writing for clarity and conciseness, writing to persuade, critical thinking, comparing and contrasting, analyzing, justifying, eval