Veera Hiranandani
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Appears on these lists
AAPI Middle Grade Fiction
Historical Fiction - MID
Historical Fiction- MID/ JF
Womens History Month - MID
Historical Fiction - MID
Historical Fiction- MID/ JF
Womens History Month - MID
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.
Author
Series
Phoebe G. Green volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
At Goat Hill Farm, third-grade best friends Phoebe, Sage, and Camille collect eggs from chickens, watch goats get milked, pick apples, and help make a farm fresh lunch, but when Phoebe and Sage decide to help the goats by opening their gate, a peaceful field trip turns into a wild, noisy adventure.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In 1948, 12-year-old Amil, who is both Muslim and Hindu, struggles to find his place in Bombay, India, until his twin sister suggests he tell his story through drawings meant for their late mother as he tries to find hope and a sense of belonging in a chaotic world"--
Author
Series
Phoebe G. Green volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When Camille, a tall French girl, arrives at school with unusual lunches, third-grader Phoebe neglects her best friend Sage to get invited to Camille's house for dinner to see what other mysterious food Camille eats.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: 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.