The night diary

Type

Book

Authors

Hiranandani, Veera

ISBN 10

0735228523

ISBN 13

9780735228528

Tags

Families, Diaries, Hindus, Historical Fiction, India, Family Life, History, Diary fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Muslims, Juvenile works, Refugees, Fiction

Description

Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition of India, tries to find her voice and make sense of the world falling apart around her by writing to her deceased Muslim mother in the pages of her diary.

Biblio Notes

Notes:
First published in the United States of America by Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.

Includes discussion questions and recipe.

Ages 8 up.

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