Join us for Read with Me Book Club! Kids in grades 3-7 and their caregiver will read the same book, and we will meet on September 17th  at 5:30 pm to discuss! 

This month's book is: The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani. 

 Here's a short summary courtesy of the publisher:  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 two 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. 

Registration is required for this event! Books can be picked up in the Children's Room! 

*Thank you to the Friends of the Library for sponsoring this event!