They lost their home, their community but they made it safely and started over. I heard my father, my aunts, and my uncles tell the story as I was growing up. “My father and his family had to leave their home in Mirpur Khas, Pakistan, during the Partition. Though fictionalized, this tale of a family during India’s independence from British rule and partition in 1947 is loosely based on the experience of her own relatives. With the 2019 Newbery Honor Book The Night Diary (Kokila, 2018), author Veera Hiranandani continues the tradition of storytelling for generations to come. These experiences often connect generations, share lessons learned, and inspire hope for the future. “Remembering the mistakes of the past will hopefully createĪ more enlightened, tolerant, and peaceful future.”įrom nearly the beginning of time, people have remembered, retold, and recorded the stories of their experiences and those of their ancestors.
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