Not quite in the Book but love the begging plot To a transformation from a girl to a boy just to help her father's Joy. Obayd to Obayda her father was in car crash to his legs. He had no more legs to stand on. The had to move because he could not walk no more. The leave near his family. Her mother is not liking the experience because hardly any privacy from her dad family.
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One Half from the East
By Nadia Hashimi
Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
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Grades 4 - 8 | Grade 5 | n/a | 4.3 | 53465 |
Perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia, Thanhha Lai, and Rebecca Stead, internationally bestselling author Nadia Hashimi’s first novel for young readers is a coming-of-age journey set in modern-day Afghanistan that explores life as a bacha posh—a preteen girl dressed as a boy.
Obayda’s family is in need of some good fortune, and her aunt has an idea to bring the family luck—dress Obayda, the youngest of four sisters, as a boy, a bacha posh.
Life in this in-between place is confusing, but once Obayda meets another bacha posh, everything changes. Their transformation won’t last forever, though—unless the two best friends can figure out a way to make it stick and make their newfound freedoms endure.
Nadia Hashimi’s first novel for adults, The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, was a bestseller that shares a bacha posh character with One Half from the East.