ONE HALF FROM THE EAST

A middle grade novel exploring the custom of bacha posh in Afghanistan. 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.