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(0)Veera Hiranandani
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
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) The greatest
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
A grandfather reflects on his loving relationship with his three grandchildren.
"In this poignant tribute to grandparents everywhere, a grandfather reflects on his loving relationship with his three grandchildren. This story beautifully captures how love can make anyone "the greatest" in someone's eyes. From Newbery Honor author Veera Hiranandani and National Book Award finalist Vesper Stamper comes a poignant story about the love between grandparents...
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
"At the turn of the new year in 1948, Amil and his family are trying to make a home in India, now independent of British rule. Both Muslim and Hindu, twelve-year-old Amil is not sure what home means anymore. The memory of the long and difficult journey from their hometown in what is now Pakistan lives with him. And despite having an apartment in Bombay to live in and a school to attend, life in India feels uncertain. Nisha, his twin sister, suggests...
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2022 ALA Youth Media Awards
Día - El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros
One World, Many Stories 6th - 8th
Sydney Taylor Book Award
Día - El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros
One World, Many Stories 6th - 8th
Sydney Taylor Book Award
Description
Middle schooler Ariel Goldberg must find her own voice and define her own beliefs after her big sister elopes with a young man from India following the Supreme Court decision that strikes down laws banning interracial marriage.
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Olivia plants a garden: When Olivia's teacher gives Olivia a "surprise" plant seed envelope, she takes care of the seed in her garden, excited to discover what kind of plant she will grow.
Olivia and her ducklings: Olivia and Ian are playing in the park when they leave they notice that a mother duck and her ducklings are following them home.