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Hashimi, Nadia

One Half from the East

263 pp. | HarperCollins/Harper | September, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-242190-6 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-06-242192-0
(2) 4-6 Bacha posh, or girls dressed in boys' clothing and treated like boys, are a tradition in some parts of Afghanistan. Obayda--now called Obayd--is frightened of facing the boys at school. She eventually befriends brash Rahim (also a bacha posh), and the two share adventures. Hashimi lets readers see themselves in Obayda's emotions, even as the outcomes remain true to the Afghan culture so fluently portrayed.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2016

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