Let's get lost in a book together!
Join the Southwest Library as we read and discuss the award-winning middle grade novel The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani.
This is a gripping historical fiction novel perfect for grades 5 through 8. Stop by the library to pick up a copy and join us to discuss the book on July 9th at 2PM!
From the publisher:
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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Audiobook editions are also available online via Overdrive/Libby. For accessibility needs for this event, including an ASL interpreter, please contact DCPLaccess@dc.gov.
AGE GROUP: | 5 - 12 Years Old |
EVENT TYPE: | Book Club |