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1 online resource |
| Summary |
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 countryIt'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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Text Difficulty 3 |
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Text Difficulty 3 |
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700 Lexile. |
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700 Lexile. |
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700L Lexile |
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700L Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 4.5 8 194398 |
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Accelerated Reader MG 4.5 8 194398 |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. New York : Dial Books, 2018. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 2315 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB). |
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Refugees -- Juvenile fiction.
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Diaries -- Juvenile fiction.
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Family life -- India -- Juvenile fiction.
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Hindus -- Juvenile fiction.
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Muslims -- Juvenile fiction.
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India -- History -- Partition, 1947 -- Juvenile fiction.
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BATTLE OF THE BOOKS DIST 203, 2019-2020
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BATTLE OF THE BOOKS DIST 203, 2020-2021
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REBECCA CAUDILL AWARD [2020 NOMINEE]
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NEWBERY HONORS [2019]
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NEWBERY HONOR BOOKS [2019]
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Original 9780735228511 |
| ISBN |
9780735228535 (electronic bk) |
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