EAN: 9780735228528

THE NIGHT DIARY - VEERA HIRANANDANI TASCHENBUCH

A 2019 NEWBERY HONOR BOOK A gripping  nuanced story of the human cost of conflict appropriate
for both children and adults. -Kirkus  starred reviewIn 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.

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