| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
219 pages ; 22 cm |
| Audience |
Ages 8-12. Holiday House. |
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Grades 4-6. Holiday House. |
| Summary |
"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" -- Publisher's description. |
| Subject |
Honesty -- Juvenile fiction.
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Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
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Sri Lanka -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2009 -- Juvenile fiction.
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JUVENILE FICTION / Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)
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JUV016030.
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JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Asia.
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| Genre/Form |
Novels in verse.
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| ISBN |
9780823453658 (hardcover) |
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0823453650 (hardcover) |
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