My bindi by Varadarajan, Gita 

BTSB Prebound(Orchard Books, 2022)

BTSB #: 904107 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.2 LG Lexile: 570 AD

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: East Indian Americans - Fiction Hindus - Fiction Family life - Fiction School stories

Summary: The day has come for Divya to choose her bindi. But as she prepares for school, she has doubts. What if she gets made fun of? Will she be brave enough to face her classmates and their questions? A powerful story about belonging, embracing your heritage, and believing in yourself.

My name is long as a river by Subramaniam, Suma 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2024)

BTSB #: 863063 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: East Indians - Fiction Rivers - Fiction Hindus - Fiction Family life - Fiction

Summary: An Indian girl discovers the power of her name as she travels along the river she was named after.

Night diary by Hiranandani, Veera 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2019)

BTSB #: 446506 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
F&P: Y

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Large print books Refugees - Fiction Diaries - Fiction Family life - India - Fiction Hindus - Fiction Muslims - India - Fiction India - History|y1947 Partition - Fiction

Summary: 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. Large print hardcover format.

Night diary by Hiranandani, Veera 

Paperback(Puffin Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 446518 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.5 MG RC: 4.3 6-8 Lexile: 700

Genres:

Subjects: Refugees - Fiction Diaries - Fiction Family life - India - Fiction Hindus - Fiction Muslims - Fiction India - History|y1947 Partition - Fiction

Summary: 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.

Night diary by Hiranandani, Veera 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2018)

BTSB #: 446558 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.5 MG RC: 4.3 6-8 Lexile: 700

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Refugees - Fiction Diaries - Fiction Family life - India - Fiction Hindus - Fiction Muslims - Fiction India - History|y1947 Partition - Fiction

Summary: 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.

Night diary by Hiranandani, Veera 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2019)

BTSB #: P06422 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres:

Subjects: Refugees - Fiction Diaries - Fiction Family life - India - Fiction Hindus - Fiction Muslims - Fiction India - History|y1947 Partition - Fiction

Summary: 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.