2019紐伯瑞銀獎小說
1947年印度一分為二，一邊是印度教佔多數的英屬印度，一邊是穆斯林占多數的巴基斯坦；印度教徒、穆斯林和錫克教徒之間的暴力衝突增加，家園成為一片生死相危的焦土。這一夜開始，一半是穆斯林，一半是印度的12歲的Nisha不再知道自己所屬何地，父親決定離開戰亂頻仍的巴基斯坦，展開逃亡，難民的生活艱辛，更糟的是腳下踏的土地在血腥與暴力中被撕扯。平凡人民的心跳顛顛的走向未來與可能的和平，我們在Nisha寫給母親的信中，一起體會她思念母親的心與身分認同的障礙，最終，如何讓破碎的人與地，重新找回完整的自己。
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.
