Hiranandani's next novel, The Night Diary, is set against the background of the 1947 Partition of India. It would become a Sydney Taylor Notable Book and a South Asian Book Award Finalist Her first book, The Whole Story of Half a Girl, was published in 2012. She attended George Washington University, and later studied fiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Hiranandani, the daughter of a Jewish mother and a father who was originally from India, was raised in Connecticut.
Her novel The Night Diary received a Newbery Honor in 2019. The story revolves around the separation of the Hindus, the Muslims, and the Sikhs, and the fact that Nisha’s father is Hindu and her mother was Muslim.Veera Hiranandani is an American writer of children's books. When India was freed from British rule, the religion that one believed in became their identity. Kazi, a close friend and the family’s cook for years, is like family to them, and they are all respectful and loving towards their grandmother, Dadi. She and her twin brother, Amil, share an unbreakable bond that only twins can have.
Nisha has never met her mother, but she and her family are very close.
Papa was determined to keep his family alive, and they all took care of each other when someone was sick or weak. One example is when the family went several days walking with very little or no water. There are many examples of survival throughout the story. Examples of Themes in The Night Diary Survival Teachers may want the students to identify and illustrate two themes, one for each cell, or identify one theme and show two examples of it, one example per cell. For this activity, students will identify and illustrate two of the themes in The Night Diary. Many stories have more than one important theme. A theme is a central idea, subject, or message in a story.
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