I Am Kavi

Thushanthi Ponweera

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English

Holiday House Inc
31 October 2023

Early learning: verse & rhymes; Historical fiction (Children's&YA)

"1998, Colombo. The Sri Lankan Civil War is raging, but everyday life must go on. At Kavi's school, her friends talk about the weekly Top 40, the Backstreet Boys, Shahrukh Khan, Leo & Kate... and who died-or didn't-in the latest bombing. But Kavi is afraid of something even scarier than war. She fears that if her friends discover her secret-that she is not who she is pretending to be-they'll stop talking to her.

I want to be friends with these / happy, / fearless, / girls / who look like they / belong. So I could also be / happy, / fearless, / and maybe even / belong.

Kavi's scholarship to her elite new school was supposed to be everything she ever wanted, but as she tries to find some semblance of normalcy in a country on fire, nothing is going according to plan. In an effort to fit in with her wealthy, glittering, and self-assured new classmates, Kavi begins telling lies, trading her old life-where she's a poor girl whose mother has chosen a new husband over her daughter-for a new one, where she's rich, loved, and wanted. But how long can you pretend to be someone else?

This dazzling novel-in-verse comes from an astonishing new talent who lived through the civil war herself. Perfect for fans of Jamine Warga, Supriya Kelkar, and Rajani LaRocca, I Am Kavi centers a powerful South Asian voice, and stars an unforgettable heroine each and every one of us can relate to.

""KAVI'S COURAGE AND VOICE ARE NOT TO BE MISSED.""-Reem Faruqi, award-winning author of Call Me Adnan, Unsettled, and Golden Girl

""TRIUMPHANT.""-Dan Gemeinhart, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Midnight Children

""I LOVED IT!""-Nizrana Farook, award-winning author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection An Indies Introduce Selection An Indies Next Pick A School Library Journal Middle Grade Magic Selection A Children's Book Council Hot off the Presses Selection

Caught between two worlds-a poverty-stricken village and a fancy big-city school-a young Sri Lankan girl must decide who she really is and where she really belongs.

1998, Colombo. The Sri Lankan Civil War is raging, but everyday life must go on. At Kavi's school, her friends talk about the weekly Top 40, the Backstreet Boys, Shahrukh Khan, Leo & Kate... and who died-or didn't-in the latest bombing. But Kavi is afraid of something even scarier than war. She fears that if her friends discover her secret-that she is not who she is pretending to be-they'll stop talking to her.

I want to be friends with these / happy, / fearless, / girls / who look like they / belong. So I could also be / happy, / fearless, / and maybe even / belong.

Kavi's scholarship to her elite new school was supposed to be everything she ever wanted, but as she tries to find some semblance of normalcy in a country on fire, nothing is going according to plan. In an effort to fit in with her wealthy, glittering, and self-assured new classmates, Kavi begins telling lies, trading her old life-where she's a poor girl whose mother has chosen a new husband over her daughter-for a new one, where she's rich, loved, and wanted. But how long can you pretend to be someone else?

This dazzling novel-in-verse comes from an astonishing new talent who lived through the civil war herself. Perfect for fans of Jamine Warga, Supriya Kelkar, and Rajani LaRocca, I Am Kavi centers a powerful South Asian voice, and stars an unforgettable heroine each and every one of us can relate to.

""KAVI'S COURAGE AND VOICE ARE NOT TO BE MISSED.""-Reem Faruqi, award-winning author of Call Me Adnan, Unsettled, and Golden Girl

""TRIUMPHANT.""-Dan Gemeinhart, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Midnight Children

""I LOVED IT!""-Nizrana Farook, award-winning author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection An Indies Introduce Selection An Indies Next Pick A School Library Journal Middle Grade Magic Selection A Children's Book Council Hot off the Presses Selection"

By: Thushanthi Ponweera
Imprint: Holiday House Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 217mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 312g
ISBN: 9780823453658
ISBN 10: 0823453650
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 31 October 2023
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Thushanthi Ponweera is an author and poet from Sri Lanka. Before daring to follow her dream of being published, she was a marketing specialist and entreprenuer. Her writing reflects the frustration she feels at the inequality and injustice she sees around her, and also the deep love she feels for her island home. She currently lives in Colombo with her husband and two children.