https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/sno-isle/rss/search?query=Hiranandani%2C%20Veera&searchType=author&origin=core-catalog-explore&view=groupedRSS for NodeMon, 12 Oct 2026 12:19:52 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2167852https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2167852Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2167852121BKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593643907/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2150884https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2150884Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2150884121BKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593645567/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2101388https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2101388Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2101388121BKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780525555063/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2008425https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2008425Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2008425121BKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780525555032/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C1670966https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C1670966Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1670966121BKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780735228511/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C861591https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C861591Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/861591121BKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780448467009/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C861602https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C861602Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/861602121BKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780448466972/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2043731https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2043731Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2043731121LPRINTenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781432897017/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=NEWBERY HONOR BOOK • A poignant, personal, and hopeful tale of India's partition—and of one girl's journey to find a new home in a divided country.
“[The Night Diary is] a sensitive portrayal of the universal search for identity and the need for a place to call home. Beautifully written, it weaves terror, family and faith into a timeless account of courage and strength.”—Laurie Halse Anderson, The New York Times
"A gripping, nuanced story of the human cost of conflict appropriate for both children and adults."—Kirkus Reviews (One of the Best Middle Grade Books of the Century)

It's 1947, and India, newly independent of British rule, has been separated into two countries: Pakistan and India. The divide has created much tension between Hindus and Muslims, and hundreds of thousands are killed crossing borders.
Half-Muslim, half-Hindu twelve-year-old Nisha doesn't know where she belongs, or what her country is anymore. When Papa decides it's too dangerous to stay in what is now Pakistan, Nisha and her family become refugees and embark—first by train, later on foot—to reach her new home. The journey is long, difficult, and dangerous, and after losing her mother as a baby, Nisha can't imagine losing her homeland, too. But even if her country has been ripped apart, Nisha still believes in the possibility of putting herself back together.
Told through Nisha's letters to her mother, The Night Diary is a heartfelt story of one girl's search for home, for her own identity...and for a hopeful future.
]]>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C3309306https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C3309306Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3309306980EBOOKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780735228535/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=In this poignant picture book about family and belonging, the child of a Jewish mother and a South Asian father hears stories about her family history. Sometimes she doesn't feel Jewish enough or South Asian enough, but comes to realize you can feel—and be—many things at once.

AN ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD WINNER
Based on the author's own family history, here is a moving story about a young girl from two different backgrounds. The girl’s mother tells her stories about her mother, a Jewish seamstress in Brooklyn, New York. She lived in a tiny two-bedroom apartment and sewed wedding dresses shimmering in satin and lace.
Her father tells stories of his mother, the girl’s other grandmother, who liked to cook bubbling dal on a coal stove in Pakistan. They tell stories about how both sides came to America, and how, eventually, her parents met on a warm summer evening in Poughkeepsie.
The girl sometimes feels as if she's the “only one like me.” One day, when she spots a butterfly in her yard, she realizes it’s okay to be different—no two butterflies are alike, after all. It’s okay to feel alone sometimes, but also happy and proud. It’s okay to feel— and be— many things at once.]]>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C10768438https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C10768438Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/10768438980EAUDIOBOOKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217066308/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C423772https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C423772Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/423772121BKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780385741286/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2113153https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2113153Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2113153121LPRINTenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781420515091/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C861600https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C861600Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/861600121BKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780448467016/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C742253https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C742253Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/742253121BKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780448466958/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=In a collection of personal stories and essays, award-winning and bestselling artists from Matt de la Peña and Veera Hiranandani to Max Brallier and R.L. Stine write about how hope always wins, even in the darkest of times.
Where does hope live?
In your family?
In your community?
In your school?
In your heart?
From a family restaurant to a hot-dog shaped car, from an empty road on a moonlight night to a classroom holiday celebration, this anthology of personal stories from award-winning and bestselling authors, shows that hope can live everywhere, even—or especially—during the darkest of times.
No matter what happens: Hope wins.
Contributors include: Tom Angleberger, James Bird, Max Brallier, Julie Buxbaum, Pablo Cartaya, J.C. Cervantes, Soman Chainani, Matt de la Peña, Stuart Gibbs, Adam Gidwitz, Karina Yan Glaser, Veera Hiranandani, Hena Khan, Gordon Korman, Janae Marks, Sarah Mlynowski, Rex Ogle, James Ponti, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Ronald L.Smith, Christina Soontornvat, and R.L. Stine.
Audiobook Table of Contents:
Editor's Note, by Rose Brock, read by the author
Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in a Thai Restaurant, by Christina Soontornvat, read by Sura Siu
The Coolness Equation by Adam Gidwitz, read by the author
This Can't Be Happening to Gordon Korman by Gordan Korman, read by Robbie Daymond
I Am the Greatest, by James Bird, read by Darrell Dennis
Bones, by J.C. Cervantes, read by Jorjeana Marie
The Day the Hot Dog Truck Came to Town, by Max Brallier, read by Robbie Daymond
Sweet Surprise, by Hena Khan, read by Zehra Fazal
Letter to My Daughter on her Eighth-Grade Graduation, by Pablo Cartaya, read by the author
Hope in the Halls of Catholic School, by Karina Yan Glaser, read by Sura Siu
Helpful Tips for the Worst Week of Your Life, by Stuart Gibbs, read by Gibson Frazier
The Adventures of Me and Supersquirt, by Sarah Mlynowski, read by Rebecca Soler
Panic! At the Movies, by Julie Buxbaum, read by Jorjeana Marie
What's in a Name, by James Ponti, read by Jonathan Todd Ross
Colors of June, by Rex Ogle, read by Ramon De Ocampo
On Hopes and Dreams, by Janae Marks, read by Shayna Small
Major Malfunction, by Tom Angleberger, read by Jonathan Todd Ross
Hope I Don't See a Ghost, by R.L. Stine, read by Gibson Frazier
Victory After Defeat, by Soman Chainani, read by Darrell Dennis
My Favorite Photograph, by Veera Hiranandani, read by Zehra Fazal
The Boy in the Back of the Class, by Ronald L. Smith, read by Ronald Butler
The Friend Who Changed My Life, by Pam Munoz Ryan, read by Rebecca Soler
There's More to Playin' Ball Than Just Playin' Ball, by Matt de la Pena, read by Ramon De Ocampo]]>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C7226891https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C7226891Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/7226891980EAUDIOBOOKA Collection of Inspiring Stories for Young Readersenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593589045/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=By the author of the Newbery Honor Book The Night Diary, a thoughtful and relatable story about cultural identity, friendship, and what it means to fit in without losing who you are.
After her father loses his job, Sonia Nadhamuni, half Indian and half Jewish American, finds herself yanked out of private school and thrown into the unfamiliar world of public education. For the first time, Sonia's mixed heritage makes her classmates ask questions—questions Sonia doesn't always know how to answer—as she navigates between a group of popular girls who want her to try out for the cheerleading squad and other students who aren't part of the "in" crowd.
At the same time that Sonia is trying to make new friends, she's dealing with what it means to have an out-of-work parent—it's hard for her family to adjust to their changed circumstances. And then, one day, Sonia's father goes missing. Now Sonia wonders if she ever really knew him. As she begins to look for answers, she must decide what really matters and who her true friends are—and whether her two halves, no matter how different, can make her a whole.]]>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C7869941https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C7869941Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/7869941980EAUDIOBOOKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781666182330/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=New historical fiction from a Newbery Honor–winning author about how middle schooler Ariel Goldberg's life changes when her big sister elopes following the 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision, and she's forced to grapple with both her family's prejudice and the antisemitism she experiences, as she defines her own beliefs.
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.]]>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C6046277https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C6046277Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/6046277980EAUDIOBOOKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593208458/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal, and hopeful tale of India's partition, and of one girl's journey to find a new home in a divided country
It's 1947, and India, newly independent of British rule, has been separated into two countries: Pakistan and India. The divide has created much tension between Hindus and Muslims, and hundreds of thousands are killed crossing borders.
Half-Muslim, half-Hindu twelve-year-old Nisha doesn't know where she belongs, or what her country is anymore. When Papa decides it's too dangerous to stay in what is now Pakistan, Nisha and her family become refugees and embark first by train but later on foot to reach her new home. The journey is long, difficult, and dangerous, and after losing her mother as a baby, Nisha can't imagine losing her homeland, too. But even if her country has been ripped apart, Nisha still believes in the possibility of putting herself back together.
Told through Nisha's letters to her mother, The Night Diary is a heartfelt story of one girl's search for home, for her own identity...and for a hopeful future.
Includes a bonus PDF with a glossary and acknowledgements]]>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C3326215https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C3326215Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3326215980EAUDIOBOOKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780525530459/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=By the author of the Newbery Honor Book The Night Diary, a thoughtful and relatable story about cultural identity, friendship, and what it means to fit in without losing who you are.

After her father loses his job, Sonia Nadhamuni, half Indian and half Jewish American, finds herself yanked out of private school and thrown into the unfamiliar world of public education. For the first time, Sonia's mixed heritage makes her classmates ask questions—questions Sonia doesn't always know how to answer—as she navigates between a group of popular girls who want her to try out for the cheerleading squad and other students who aren't part of the "in" crowd.
At the same time that Sonia is trying to make new friends, she's dealing with what it means to have an out-of-work parent—it's hard for her family to adjust to their changed circumstances. And then, one day, Sonia's father goes missing. Now Sonia wonders if she ever really knew him. As she begins to look for answers, she must decide what really matters and who her true friends are—and whether her two halves, no matter how different, can make her a whole.
What greater praise than to be compared to Judy Blume!—"Each [Blume and Hiranandani] excels in charting the fluctuating discomfort zones of adolescent identity with affectionate humor."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred]]>https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C607202https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C607202Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/607202980EBOOKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780375984419/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2109391https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2109391Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2109391121BKA Passover Celebration in 14 Storiesenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781419767296/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2044455https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2044455Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2044455121BKA Collection of Inspiring Stories for Young Readersenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593463932/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2106496https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2106496Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2106496121BKStories of Celebration and Community by 11 Desi Voicesenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316450638/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2094202https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2094202Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2094202121BKTwenty Voices Celebrating Multicultural and Multiracial Identitiesenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781335428615/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2064569https://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S121C2064569Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://sno-isle.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2064569121LPRINTA Collection of Inspiring Stories for Young Readersenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798885784207/MC.GIF&client=snoislepo&type=xw12&oclc=