Author: Veera Hiranandani

Brand: Penguin Random House

Color: Blue

Binding: Paperback

Release Date: 01-05-2018

Details: In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal and hopeful tale of Indias partition and of one girls journey to find a new home in a divided country

Its 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 doesnt know where she belongs or what her country is anymore. When Papa decides its 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 cant 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 Nishas letters to her mother, The Night Diary is a heartfelt story of one girls search for home, for her own identityand for a hopeful future.

EAN: 9780525555681

Package Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches

Languages: English