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Dec 14, 2018darladoodles rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
It's a simple concept. A girl who has just turned twelve receives a blank book for her birthday. She decides to use it for diary entries -- to her dead mother. As we read those entries we learn more about her and the historical circumstances she becomes a part of. Nisha's father is Hindu and they are living in India before the 1947 partition. The partition happens and now they are in Pakistan -- which has been created for those of the Muslim faith. Nisha's world explodes into chaos and we have a front-row seat. Will Nisha and her family safely immigrate over to the new India where their faith is welcome? What will it take to get there. Read about it in her diary and see tribalism taken to the lowest of lows. A cautionary tale for us all. Highly recommended all beginning at about 5th grade.