Search Results: Returned 11 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 11
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2024., Kokila Call No: FIC HIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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 that Amil begin to tell his story through drawings meant for their mother, who died when they were just babies. Through Amil, readers witness the unwavering spirit of a young boy trying to make sense of a chaotic world, and find hope for himself and a newly reborn nation.
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-- How to find what you are not looking for2021., General, Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC Call No: Historical Fic HIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "New historical fiction from a Newbery Honor-winning author about how middle schooler Ariel Goldberg's life changes when her big sister elopes following the 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision, and she's forced to grapple with both her family's prejudice and the antisemitism she experiences, as she defines her own beliefs. Twelve-year-old Ariel Goldberg's life feels like the moment after the final guest leaves the party. Her family's Jewish bakery runs into financial trouble, and her older sister has eloped with a young man from India following the Supreme Court decision that strikes down laws banning interracial marriage. As change becomes Ariel's only constant, she's left to hone something that will be with her always--her own voice."--
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-- How to find what you are not looking for2022., Adolescent, Kokila Call No: [Fic] Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: After the U.S. Supreme Court decision of "Loving v. Virginia," making it illegal to ban interracial marriages in the United States, twelve-year-old Ariel Goldberg's life changes forever when her older sister elopes with an Indian man and flees their strict Jewish family for Bohemian 1960s New York City. As her family's Connecticut bakery falls on hard finances, and after doctors tell her she has a learning disability, Ariel finds her life changing even more, but not all of it bad--she learns, in the midst of struggle, to find her own voice.
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2018, c2018., Pre-adolescent, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: FIC HIRANANDANI Genre: Historical fiction Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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[2018], Pre-adolescent, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: Historical fiction FIC HIRANANDANI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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[2018]., Pre-adolescent, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: FIC HIRANANDANI Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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[2018]., Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: [Fic] Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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[2018]., Pre-adolescent, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: Historical Fiction FIC HIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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2019., Juvenile, PUFFIN BOOKS Call No: HISTORICAL F HIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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 her diary.
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c2010., Simon Spotlight Call No: FARM HIR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Ready-to-read. Level 1Summary Note: Olivia and Ian are in the park playing and ducks follow Olivia home.
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c2012., Pre-adolescent, A Yearling Book Call No: REALISTIC F HIR Edition: 1st Yearling ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Sonia's father loses his job and she must move from her small, supportive private school to a public middle school, the half-Jewish half-Indian sixth-grader experiences culture shock as she tries to navigate the school's unfamiliar social scene, and after her father is diagnosed with clinical depression, she finds herself becoming even more confused about herself and her family.
