Mud City

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

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Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapters 1-5

Chapters 6-9

Chapters 10-14

Character Analysis

Themes

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Essay Topics

How does the motif of hunger and food in Mud City operate beyond representing physical scarcity? Discuss the different types of food Shauzia eats and what they symbolize in her journey.

Compare and contrast Peshawar and Kabul. How are these cities portrayed as similar or different? What memories of Afghanistan does Peshawar evoke for Shauzia?

Compare and contrast Mud City with the other novels in The Breadwinner series. How does Shauzia evolve over the course of the novels? How has her outlook about home changed when she returns to Afghanistan at the end of Mud City?