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This is my fourth time reading this book, and my third time teaching it. I'm so glad my students loved it just as much as I did.

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This is my third time reading this book, and my second time teaching it. I'm so glad my students loved it just as much as I did.

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This is my second time reading this book, and my first time teaching it. I'm so glad my students loved it just as much as I did.

Review: One Half from the East by Nadia Hashimi, 2016, is a realistic fiction book about Obayda and her life as a bacha posh—a preteen girl dressed as a boy.
Blurb: This would be great to use in a classroom where children are starting to grow up and figure out who they are/want to be, might help some children feel less alone and heard.
Quote: “Are you a boy because you have those body parts or are you a boy because you get to do boy things.“

“I know where to find rainbows that don‘t run away.”

In the middle east, girls do not has nearly as many privileges as boys. Obayda's parents agree to do a cultural practice on her to transform her into a boy because they believe having a boys is a blessing and will turn their bad luck into good luck. This does not give her the freedom to control her own fate. This book would be a great book for girls to read since it talks about the limitations of women in society.

This book notes gender differences and addresses how it is one culture's connotation of these differences. Obayda and her sisters live a good life until a car bomb explodes and her loses is a leg and is hospitalized for weeks. Then the family is forced to move into a small remote village with relatives and the girls find their new life very difficult. They deal with their fathers depression and his inability to work.

#augustisatrip #afghanistan

I saw this book recently at the bookstore, looks good. Of course I added it to my tbr.

Set in modern-day Afghanistan, Obayda is the youngest of 4 girls. She becomes a bacha posh (a preteen girl dressed as a boy) to bring her family luck. Obayda, now Obayd, is struggling until he meets another bacha posh, Rahim. Together they try to find a way to make their transformations stick so that they can enjoy their newfound freedoms. This is a wonderful story of tenacity, friendship, and survival set against a backdrop of harsh realities.

#BooksSetInTheMiddleEast #ReadingWomenMonth

Well, there's still a chance for me to win this but I don't want to wait!

Trying to win this!

In Afghanistan, parents without a son will often dress up one of their daughters to pass as a boy. This book draws attention to the extreme difference between how boys and girls are treated in a violently patriarchal society. The writing is fantastic and Hashimi perfectly captures the emotional turmoil and angst of the main character and those around her.

In Afghanistan, parents without a son will often dress up one of their daughters to pass as a boy. This book draws attention to the extreme difference between how boys and girls are treated in a violently patriarchal society. The writing is fantastic and Hashimi perfectly captures the emotional turmoil and angst of the main character and those around her.

Just got this interesting looking book set in Afghanistan. I'm geographically challenged , though cause dinner is ratatouille served over polenta.

More book happy mail. I wish I could remember which site/contest it was from...

More book happy mail. I wish I could remember which site/contest it was from...