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I was hesitant to read this given that I thought this might be too scary a topic for a younger reader, but in the end I was impressed. I thought this was well done. And now maybe I should set a goal to read more Newbery winners next year.

This month seriously became a “just make it work” month, including my #foodandlit challenge. I switched from my planned title for #India to this short audio book and ran for a buffet lunch at our local Indian restaurant for food. But it was all good!

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1.The Artist‘s Way by Julia Cameron, The Everyday Hero by Robin Sharma, The Epic of Eden by Sandra L. Ritchie‘s, The Road Less Traveled by S.Peck, Stamped✔️Beauty in the Broken Places by Allison Pataki ✔️
2. Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendo and dare to lead by Beene Brown
3. The Night Diary by Veera Haranandani

Recommended to me by a student. I generally enjoy YA historical fiction. I enjoyed the narrative and also the history lesson. I'm sure I learned about the India/Pakistan split in high school, but I certainly didn't remember it well.

I love this book and here is a summery

The Night Diary is a fictional account of one family's experience during the partition of India into two countries in 1947. The story is told in the form of diary entries written by the main character, Nisha beginning on her twelfth birthday, addresses to her deceased mother.

This is a beautifully written and really powerful book. Describing the events of the partition of India from the point of view of a child really brings home the human reality of it. It's a great, moving account of the experience of being displaced, I'd highly recommend this for both children and adults.

#ReadHarder challenge 21: a middle grade book not set in the US or UK

I really enjoyed this book! It takes place during the partition of India in 1947. A girl and her family must flee from the newly formed Pakistan. The girl writes in a diary to her deceased mother.

Beautifully written middle grade book in which a young girl writes each night to her dead mother. Nisha, the main character, finds herself and her family fleeing Pakistan during a time of unrest between Hindus and Muslims.

The writing in this heartfelt story does a great job of addressing hard topics in an age appropriate way.

#Indianindependenceday @Blackink_WhitePaper

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1* ⬆️ Beautiful book-setting is 1947 during Indian partition
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3* yes but a long time ago

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This Newbery Medal award winning book is an HF novel and would be a great addition to the classroom with an IR strategy.

UDL Principles 2.1: clarify vocabulary and symbols
UDL Principles 3.3: Guide information processing and visualization
ESOL Strategy 11: place language in meaningful context

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#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Back to work in the library means I‘m listening to audiobooks again! This was a great one to listen to- set in 1947 during the Partition of India, 12 year old Nisha writes in her diary about what‘s happening around her trying to make sense of it all while migrating out of newly-formed Pakistan with her father, grandmother and twin brother. Great storytelling and includes an authors note. #booked2020 #setinindia

Read this for the @bookriot Read Harder Challenge prompt, a middle grade book not set in the US or UK. This book was set in 1947 when India was released from British rule. It is written as a series of diary entries by a young girl experiencing the partition in the country as Pakistan is created and they have to leave their home. It is really good.

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#mgbuddyread looking forward to this discussion. Historical fiction set and 1947 India/ Pakistan.

I enjoyed this epistolary novel of a young girl‘s experience when India is freed from British rule in 1947 and splits into India and Pakistan. She writes letters to her Muslim mother (who died at her & her twin brother‘s birth) as they flee their home to cross the border with their Hindu father.

#MGBuddyRead #epistolary #middlegrade

Today's library haul....so much for my 2020 resolution to read more from my own shelves....

What a beautiful story! Listened to the majority on SCRIBD. 5 🌟

Nice book!! I love the format of the story but I just don't like the ending. It is all about nisha that is not sure about her identity and facing the lost of her home. I enjoyed reading this😀 4/5⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Interesting and emotional fictional account of partition told from the point of view of a 12 year old girl.

Seventh book of maternity leave

This is a beautiful, important book. Nisha is 12 years old in 1947 and she feels the loss of her mother who died in childbirth. Nisha copes with her thoughts and feelings by writing to her mother at night in a diary. The family is then caught in the political turmoil of India‘s partition and has to deal with becoming refugees in their own country. Elegant writing and memorable characters mix with themes of family, grief, and tolerance.

This middle grade book tells the story of the partition of India in 1947, and its effects on a family that relocated to the “New India”. It is told through Nisha who receives a journal for her twelfth birthday. Her Mama was Muslim, but she died in childbirth. Her Papa is Hindu. Nisha can‘t understand why she must leave her home and why the two groups can not live as one. She writes her feelings as letters to her mother in the journal. #booked2019

Current read for #booked2019. Recommended by one of my Litsy friends?!? #diversemiddlegrade

Such a good story! It‘s written in the form of diary entries. A 12 year old girl writes to the mother she never knew and tells her the story of her family‘s journey during India‘s partition in 1947. Powerful, gripping- it touches on differences, fear of the other, and ultimately how we are all the same. Great audio narration as well! Thanks to #thereadingwomenpodcast for bringing this book to my attention!

One of my great uncles was a missionary in #India and therefore some of my cousins (first cousins once removed) grew up there. One of those cousins married the son of another missionary, and she told us a little about the partition. Her father-in-law, a humble Christian missionary, quietly helped several thousand Muslims and Hindus get to the right side of the border and saved their lives. This book was featured on Reading Women. #letstraveljuly

I‘m not saying this book made me cry. I‘m just saying my #ReadWomen book club leader owes me a box of tissues. That‘s all I‘m saying. #MiddleGrade #WNDB #AmReading The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani

Just finished up my IRL book club‘s June pick during lunch today - I loved it. It‘s an immensely readable middle-grade book with a diary format. The MC is a 12 year old half-Hindu, half-Muslim girl whose family is living through India‘s independence from Britain, which divided India into two countries, India and Pakistan. This was a subject I didn‘t know much about and the book was really well-done. A Newbery Honor Book.

This middle grade historical fiction is very special. The main characters are relatable even in an unfamiliar setting. The history is terrible but clearly and safely portrayed.

Inadvertent color coordination

“I had never wondered about being safe before. I just thought I was.”

Nisha, 12, and her twin brother Amil are caught up with their Hindu father in newly-formed Muslim Pakistan. Like so many #middlegrade reads, this is as much a book about growing up as it is about the historical moment it portrays.