The Night Diary

by Veera Hiranandani

Hardcover, 2018

Tags

NCSS Standards Theme--Culture, NCSS Standards Theme--Global Connections, NCSS Standards Theme--Individual Development and Identity, NCSS Standards Theme--Individuals-Groups-Institutions, World History & Culture, Reading Level-Intermediate (3-5)Reading Level-Middle (6-8), Reading Level-Intermediate (3-5), Reading Level-Middle (6-8)

Genres

Lexile

700L

Collection

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

Publication

Kokila (2018), 272 pages

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.

Awards

Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 2021)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2021)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2020)
Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — Grades 6-8 — 2020)
Great Stone Face Book Award (Nominee — 2020)
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Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Children's Fiction — 2020)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2021)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2021)
Newbery Medal (Honor Book — 2019)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Middle School — 2021)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee — 2021)
Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature (Honor Book — 2019)
Garden State Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2021)
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2021)
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Almost Made It — 2020)
Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Honor Book — 2019)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2021)
South Asia Book Award (Honorable Mention — 2019)
CSMCL Best Multicultural Book (2018)
Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children’s Literature (Winner — 2018)
Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children's Literature (Honor — Younger Readers — 2019)
NPR: Books We Love (2018)
CCBC Choices (2019)
Notable Book for a Global Society (2019)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (Middle Grades — 2020)
The Best Children's Books of the Year (2019)
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens (2019)
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2019)
Notable Children's Book (Older Readers — 2019)
Nerdy Book Award (Middle Grade Fiction — 2018)
Teacher Favorites Award (2019)
Idaho Battle of the Books (2021)
School Library Journal Best Book of the Year (2018)
Just One More Page Recommendation List (2019)
El día de los niños / El día de los libros (6-8 — 2020)
Texas Lone Star Reading List (2019)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Older Readers — 2018)

Language

English

Original language

English

Original publication date

2018-03-06

Pages

272

Physical description

272 p.; 8.56 inches

ISBN

0735228515 / 9780735228511

DDC/MDS

813.6

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