Books to read this week
Readersburg's experts have picked some books for you to read this week. We are sure you'll love them!
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Besides helping you be good readers, it's also our attempt to make you guys experts at picking the right books. There are good books and then there are good books.
You definitely got to know the difference before you can call yourself a good reader. So here you go...
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And hey! Bighead's reading them as well this week...
The Night Diary
Author: Veera Hiranandani
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Publisher: Puffin Books
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Age: 10 years and above
Synopsis: This book is a story told through the letters Nisha writes to her mother.
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Nisha is twelve years old and she needs to leave her home because it now belongs to another country. It’s 1947. India has just been divided into two countries: India and Pakistan.
Nisha must leave her sheltered and protected life. It’s not just that. There is the confusion as well, of her own identity. Nisha is half-Muslim half Hindu.
When Nisha’s father realises it’s too dangerous to stay in Pakistan, they leave by train and then they walk. They become refugees. Nisha loses her mother.
But she still believes she can put herself back together.
The Crystal Ribbon
Author: Celeste Lim
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Publisher: Scholastic Inc
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Age: 8 years and above
Synopsis: Twelve-yaer-old Jing’s father is a poor tea farmer. So the family sells Jing as a bride. She hates this. And her new family doesn’t treat her well. They sell her further.
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But now she escapes. And a spider and a nightingale help her escape and find her way back to her home.