In partnership with the Harrison Public Library, Ardsley Public Library, Dobbs Ferry Public Library, and Katonah Public Library, we are delighted to have Newbery Award Winner and Westchester author Veera Hiranandani back for a discussion of her latest book, How To Find What You're Not Looking For (September 2021).

The novel tells the story of how middle schooler Ariel Goldberg's life changes when her big sister elopes following the 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision, and she's forced to grapple with both her family's prejudice and anti-semitism she experiences, as she defines her own beliefs.

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.

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Veera Hiranandani is the author of several books for young people. Her most recent middle-grade novel, How to Find What You're Not Looking For, received starred reviews from School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Publisher's Weekly, is a Junior Library Guild selection, a Jane Addams Book Award Finalist and was named a Best Children's Book of the Year by Amazon and Kirkus Reviews. The Newbery Honor winning, The Night Diary, also received the 2019 Walter Dean Myers Honor Award, the 2018 Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children's Literature, and several other honors and state reading list awards. The Night Diary 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 Reviews. Her first novel for young readers, The Whole Story of Half a Girl, was named a Sydney Taylor Notable Book and was a South Asia Book Award Highly Commended Selection. She is also the author of the chapter book series, Phoebe G. Green. 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. You can find Veera on Twitter @veerahira and Instagram @veerawrites. 

The Tuckahoe Library is grateful for the sponsorship of this program by The Community Fund of Bronxville, Eastchester and Tuckahoe.