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Thushanthi Ponweera

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Sri Lanka

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Fiction, Children's, Historical Fiction

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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 entrepreneur. Her writing reflects the frustration she feels at the inequality and injustice she sees around her and the deep love she has for her island home.

Her debut middle-grade novel-in-verse, I Am Kavi (Holiday House), was named one of Bank Street's Best Children's Books for 2023 and an Honor title from the South Asia Book Award. Her published picture books include My Best Friend's Bangles (S&S BFYR) and the nonfiction biography, Crossing The Finish Line (Union Square Kids), both illustrated by Maithili Joshi. All her books are Junior Library Guild Gold Standard titles.

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	I Am Kavi 4.19 avg rating — 303 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Best Friend's Bangles by Thushanthi Ponweera (Goodreads Author), Maithili Joshi (Illustrator) 4.37 avg rating — 89 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I’m so excited to present the gorgeous cover for I AM KAVI by the über talented Australian-Japanese illustrator Emilia Niwa A little bit about this cover’s journey: Once an author sells a book to the publisher, the publisher finds an artist to do the cover. As a debut, I am a firm believer in letting… Continue reading Cover reveal+ fun facts

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The Burnout

by Sophie Kinsella

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Heart Lamp: Selected Stories

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“My sleep was full of wild dreams
in which I was being driven about in
fancy cars, even the es-yoo-vee,
which is what the funny-shaped
enormous one is called.”
― Thushanthi Ponweera, I Am Kavi

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