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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.
About the Author
Veera Hiranandani is the author of THE NIGHT DIARY (Kokila) , which received the 2019 Newbery Honor Award, the 2019 Walter Dean Myers Honor Award and the 2018 Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children's Literature. The Night Diary has been featured on NPR's Weekend Edition, is a New York Times Editor's Choice Pick, and was chosen as a 2018 Best Children's Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Amazon, School Library Journal, and Kirkus Rewiews, among others. She is also the author of THE WHOLE STORY OF HALF A GIRL (Yearling) , which was named a Sydney Taylor Notable Book and a South Asian Book Award Finalist, and the chapter book series, PHOEBE G. GREEN (Grosset & Dunlap) . She earned her MFA in fiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College. A former book editor at Simon & Schuster, she now teaches creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College's Writing Institute and is working on her next novel. Find out more at www.veerahiranandani.com and follow Veera on Twitter @veerhira or Instagram @veerawrites!
