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One half from the east / Nadia Hashimi.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Harper, [2016]Description: 256 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • Age group: Early Adolescents
ISBN:
  • 9780062421906
  • 0062421905
Other title:
  • 1/2 from the east
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
Summary: 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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School Library Journal starred, August 2016

Kirkus Review, July 2016

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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