| ISBN |
0062421913 (paperback) |
| 9780062421913 (paperback) |
| Name |
Hashimi, Nadia author. |
| Title |
One half from the east / Nadia Hashimi. |
| Edition |
First paperback edition. |
| Published |
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2018. |
| ©2016 |
| Description |
256, 9 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes excerpt of The sky at our feet (9 pages). |
| 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. Now Obayda is Obayd. Life in this in-between place is confusing, but once Obayda meets another bacha posh, everything changes. The two of them can explore the village on their own, climbing trees, playing sports, and more. But their transformation won't last forever -- unless the two best friends can figure out a way to make it stick and make their newfound freedoms endure. |
| Target audience note |
Ages 8-12. |
| Reading Program Note |
Premier's Reading Challenge 7-9. |
| Awards note |
A Junior Library Guild selection. |
| Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award, 2019. |
| Subjects |
Children of parents with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction |
| Bombs -- Juvenile fiction |
| Best friends -- Juvenile fiction |
| Impersonation -- Juvenile fiction |
| Gender identity -- Juvenile fiction |
| Identity (Psychology) in children -- Juvenile fiction |
| Girls -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children's stories |
| Premier's Reading Challenge 7-9 |
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