PORTAGE, MI — A new book in the fifth-grade curriculum has irked some Portage Public Schools parents who find the book to be too “graphic.” The novel, “The Breadwinner,” tells the story ...

Zerber learned her son was reading “The Breadwinner” when he came home one day and said they were reading an “inappropriate book” in the classroom. Her son described a scene in the novel ...

Will they starve? How will they get food and water? Parvana must become the family's "breadwinner". She disguises herself as a boy and sells a few precious belongings in the market, but she must ...