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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hiranandani, Veera (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2018]
Subjects:
Partition of India (1947)
Refugees > Juvenile fiction.
Diaries > Juvenile fiction.
Families > India > Juvenile fiction.
Hindus > Juvenile fiction.
Muslims > Juvenile fiction.
India > History > Partition, 1947 > Juvenile fiction.
Refugees > Fiction.
Diaries > Fiction.
Family life > India > Fiction.
Hindus > Fiction.
Muslims > Fiction.
India > History > Partition, 1947 > Fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION > Social Themes > Emigration & Immigration.
Diaries.
Families.
Hindus.
Muslims.
Refugees.
India.
1947
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration.
Diary fiction.
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Historical fiction.
Children's fiction.
Description
Summary: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.
Item Description:Maps on endpapers.
Physical Description:264 pages ; 22 cm
Awards:American Library Association Notable Children's Bk
A Junior Library Guild selection, April 2018.
ISBN:9780735228511
0735228515
9780525552949
0525552944