First Chapter Friday | I am Kavi by Thushanthi Ponweera | Middle School ELA #booktok #aapimonth

ELA Teachers - This is a powerful and accessible read for your middle schoolers.

I Am Kavi by Thushanthi Ponweera is a powerful middle grade novel-in-verse about a Sri Lankan girl navigating grief, identity, friendship, and the pressure of expectations after changing schools. Through Kavi’s honest voice and emotional poetry, readers experience what it feels like to be caught between cultures while trying to figure out where you belong. Thoughtful, moving, and incredibly relatable, it’s a great choice for middle school classrooms exploring empathy, belonging, and resilience.

Check out the first chapter of this story on my channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WR13sp1UEE&t=23s

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