The Partition Project
The Partition Project by Saadia Faruqi is a middle grade novel published by HarperCollins Publishers in 2024, featuring 416 pages in English. This engaging story follows a contemporary Pakistani American girl named Mahnoor, whose burgeoning interest in journalism leads her to explore her grandmother’s experiences during the Partition of India and Pakistan. As her grandmother, affectionately called Dadi, moves in with her family in Houston, Mahnoor grapples with the changes this brings to her life while also navigating a school assignment that requires her to create a documentary.
Readers will find a heartfelt exploration of family dynamics and cultural heritage as Mahnoor and Dadi bond over shared stories. The narrative delves into themes of multigenerational relationships and the impact of historical events on personal lives. As Dadi recounts her childhood in northern India and the challenges of relocating to Pakistan, Mahnoor discovers that her grandmother’s past is not just a story but a vital part of her own identity. This edition invites readers to reflect on the significance of storytelling and the connections that transcend generations.
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In this engaging and moving middle grade novel, Saadia Faruqi writes about a contemporary Pakistani American girl whose passion for journalism starts a conversation about her grandmother’s experience of the Partition of India and Pakistan–and the bond that the two form as she helps Dadi tell her story.
When her grandmother comes off the airplane in Houston from Pakistan, Mahnoor knows that having Dadi move in is going to disrupt everything about her life. She doesn’t have time to be Dadi’s unofficial babysitter–her journalism teacher has announced that their big assignment will be to film a documentary, which feels more like storytelling than what Maha would call “journalism.”
As Dadi starts to settle into life in Houston and Maha scrambles for a subject for her documentary, the two of them start talking. About Dadi’s childhood in northern India–and about the Partition that forced her to leave her home and relocate to the newly created Pakistan.
As details of Dadi’s life are revealed, Dadi’s personal story feels a lot more like the breaking news that Maha loves so much. And before she knows it, she has the subject of her documentary.
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