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c2009., Pre-adolescent, Beach Lane Books Call No: 371.823 WINTER Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Nasreen stops speaking and tries to isolate herself after the Taliban take her parents, but with the help of a good friend and a secret school, Nasreen slowly begins to break out of her shell.
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2016., Pre-adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: FIC HAS Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Obayda's family is in need of some good fortune. Her father lost one of his legs in a bomb explosion, forcing the family to move from their home city of Kabul to a small village, where life is very different and Obayda's father almost never leaves his room. One day, Obayda's aunt has an idea to bring the family luck - dress Obayda, the youngest of her sisters, as a boy, a bacha posh.
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-- 1/2 from the east[2016]., Pre-adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: FIC Has Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Obayda's family is in need of some good fortune. Her father lost one of his legs in a bomb explosion, forcing the family to move from their home city of Kabul to a small village, where life is very different and Obayda's father almost never leaves his room. One day, Obayda's aunt has an idea to bring the family luck -- dress Obayda, the youngest of her sisters, as a boy, a bacha posh. Now Obayda is Obayd. Life in this in-between place is confusing, but once Obayda meets another bacha posh, everything changes. The two of them can explore the village on their own, climbing trees, playing sports, and more. But their transformation won't last forever -- unless the two best friends can figure out a way to make it stick and make their newfound freedoms endure.
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[2015], Broadway Books Call No: 305.3 Nor Edition: First paperback edi Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the Afghanistan culture of "bacha posh," young girls are raised as boys in families with only daughters, given preferential treatment through puberty, then forced into the female gender role of being a wife and mother.
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[2014]., Crown Publishers Call No: MEMOIR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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[2015]., Broadway Books Call No: MEMOIR Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: Foreign correspondent Jenny Nordberg reveals the secret Afghan custom of disguising girls as boys to improve their prospects, discussing its political and social significance as well as the experiences of its practitioners.
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[2015], Broadway Books Call No: Global Studies Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Foreign correspondent Jenny Nordberg reveals the secret Afghan custom of disguising girls as boys to improve their prospects, discussing its political and social significance as well as the experiences of its practitioners.