The Night Diary
by Veera Hiranandani
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
- South Asian
- Muslim
- Asian
Year Published 2018
Word Count 51,983
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 700L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 194398, 8.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Refugees
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
- Hindus
- Diaries
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Muslims--India--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Asia
- Family life--India--Fiction
- India
- Hindus--Fiction
- Partition, 1947
- Family life
- India--History--Partition, 1947--Fiction
- History
- Families
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Refugees--Fiction
- Muslims
- Diaries--Fiction
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Veera Hiranandani about The Night Diary
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Veera Hiranandani
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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About the Author 4
Author Interviews 16
Meet-the-Author Recording with Veera Hiranandani
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Interview with Veera Hiranandani
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Interview with Veera Hiranandani
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Interview with Veera Hiranandani
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Interview with Veera Hiranandani
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Interview with Veera Hiranandani
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Interview with Veera Hiranandani
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Interview with Veera Hiranandani
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Interview with Veera Hiranandani
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Interview with Veera Hiranandani
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Interview with Veera Hiranandani
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Interview with Veera Hiranandani
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Interview with Veera Hiranandani
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Interview with Veera Hiranandani
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 8
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Listen and Respond from TeachingBooks
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Writing Prompt from Penguin Classroom
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Support Materials from Reading is Fundamental
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Educator's Guide from Penguin Publishing Group USA
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Extension Activities from Brightly
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Priya Ayyar
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Book Trailers 1
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Vocabulary Lists 1
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Awards & Distinctions 13
South Asia Book Award for Children's & Young Adult Literature, 2012-2021
Honor, 2019
Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2022
Honor, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Audiobooks Selection, 2019
ILA Teachers' Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2019
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2019
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2022
World History & Culture Selection, 2019
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2022
Selection, 2019
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2022
Honor, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Elementary Selection, 2018
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2018
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