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The Night Diary -- Veera Hiranandani, Paperback
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A 2019 NEWBERY HONOR BOOK A gripping, nuanced story of the human cost of conflict appropriate for both children and adults.
-Kirkus, starred review In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal, and hopeful tale of India's partition, and of one girl's journey to find a new home in a divided country It's 1947, and India, newly independent of British rule, has been separated into two countries: Pakistan and India. The divide has created much tension between Hindus and Muslims, and hundreds of thousands are killed crossing borders. Half-Muslim, half-Hindu twelve-year-old Nisha doesn't know where she belongs, or what her country is anymore. When Papa decides it's too dangerous to stay in what is now Pakistan, Nisha and her family become refugees and embark first by train but later on foot to reach her new home. The journey is long, difficult, and dangerous, and after losing her mother as a baby, Nisha can't imagine losing her homeland, too. But even if her country has been ripped apart, Nisha still believes in the possibility of putting herself back together. Told through Nisha's letters to her mother, The Night Diary is a heartfelt story of one girl's search for home, for her own identity...and for a hopeful future.
Author: Veera Hiranandani
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 04/23/2019
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780735228528
Audience: Ages 9-12
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 194398 / Night Diary
Award: Newbery Medal - Honor Book
-Kirkus, starred review In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal, and hopeful tale of India's partition, and of one girl's journey to find a new home in a divided country It's 1947, and India, newly independent of British rule, has been separated into two countries: Pakistan and India. The divide has created much tension between Hindus and Muslims, and hundreds of thousands are killed crossing borders. Half-Muslim, half-Hindu twelve-year-old Nisha doesn't know where she belongs, or what her country is anymore. When Papa decides it's too dangerous to stay in what is now Pakistan, Nisha and her family become refugees and embark first by train but later on foot to reach her new home. The journey is long, difficult, and dangerous, and after losing her mother as a baby, Nisha can't imagine losing her homeland, too. But even if her country has been ripped apart, Nisha still believes in the possibility of putting herself back together. Told through Nisha's letters to her mother, The Night Diary is a heartfelt story of one girl's search for home, for her own identity...and for a hopeful future.
Author: Veera Hiranandani
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 04/23/2019
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780735228528
Audience: Ages 9-12
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 194398 / Night Diary
Award: Newbery Medal - Honor Book
About the Author
Veera Hiranandani, author of the Newbery Honor-winning The Night Diary, earned her MFA in creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the author of The Whole Story of Half a Girl, which was named a Sydney Taylor Notable Book and a South Asian Book Award Finalist. A former book editor at Simon & Schuster, she now teaches creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College's Writing Institute and Writopia Lab.
Product Tags:
Ages 9-12, Asia, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction, Emigration & Immigration, Family, Grades 1-3, Grades 6-8, Historical, Historical fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Kokila, Paperback, Siblings, Social Themes, Veera Hiranandani
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