TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hashimi,Nadia
TI  - One half from the east
SN  - 9780062421906
U1  - [Fic] 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Harper
KW  - Impersonation
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Gender identity
KW  - Bombs
KW  - Best friends
KW  - Identity (Psychology)
KW  - sears
KW  - Gender role
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - School Library Journal starred, August 2016; Kirkus Review, July 2016; 6.2; 3-6
N2  - Obayda's family is in need of some good fortune. Her father lost one of his legs in a bomb explosion, forcing the family to move from their home city of Kabul to a small village, where life is very different and Obayda's father almost never leaves his room. One day, Obayda's aunt has an idea to bring the family luck--dress Obayda, the youngest of her sisters, as a boy, a bacha posh. Obayda is Obayd. Life in this in-between place is confusing, but once Obayda meets another bacha posh, everything changes
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