<p><strong>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 </strong><em><strong>bacha posh</strong></em><strong>-a preteen girl dressed as a boy.</strong></p><p>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 <em>bacha posh</em>.</p><p>Life in this in-between place is confusing but once Obayda meets another <em>bacha posh</em> 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.</p><p>Nadia Hashimi's first novel for adults <em>The Pearl That Broke Its Shell</em> was a bestseller that shares a <em>bacha posh</em> character with <em>One Half from the East</em>.</p><p></p>