Length5h 47m
About this audiobook
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.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.2 (3.3K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, StoryGraph, LibraryThing
GenreChildren's Literature
Length5 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byAriana Delawari
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 6, 2016
LanguageEnglish
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