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1) The night diary

Author

Hiranandani, Veera

Series

Thorndike Press large print middle reader

Language

English

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Historical Fiction for Middle Grades (SCPL-YS)
Juvenile Historical Fiction
Living in the 20th Century
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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Pre-loaded Audio

Description

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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.

2) Ticket to India

Author

Senzai, N. H

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

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When twelve-year-old Maya and big sister Zara set off on their own from Delhi to their grandmother's home of Aminpur, a small town in Northern India, they become separated and Maya decides to continue their quest to find a chest of family treasures that their grandmother's family left behind when they fled from India to Pakistan during the Great Partition.

3) A beautiful lie

Author

Master, Irfan

Language

English

Description

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In the days leading up to the partition of India in 1947, thirteen-year-old Bilal devises an elaborate scheme to keep his dying father from hearing the news about the country's division.

4) The moon from Dehradun: a story of partition

Author

Shamsi, Shirin

Language

English

Description

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A young girl leaves her beloved doll behind when she must make the journey from India to Pakistan in the aftermath of their partition by the British government.