{"product_id":"one-half-from-the-east","title":"One Half from the East","description":"\u003cp\u003ePerfect 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObayda’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNadia 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Bulk","offers":[{"title":"Used \/ 9780062421906-001","offer_id":43737663209533,"sku":"9780062421906-001","price":2.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/5423163482210.jpg?v=1790689623","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/one-half-from-the-east","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}