by boot | Feb 27, 2025
Poni becomes friends with Nyanath, a girl at the school in Nairobi. At the beginning of the book, we also see her friendship with Nadai, who is forced into an arranged marriage. Break students into pairs. Have one of the pair focus on the friendship between Poni and...
by boot | Feb 27, 2025
Throughout this book, Poni’s attitude towards school is consistent. In her village, she is one of the last girls to remain attending classes, and her thirst for education never dies. Poni finally does resume her education, when she lives and works with Sister Hannah....
by boot | Feb 27, 2025
There are many pivotal scenes in this book. Some are exciting or terrifying, and some are quieter. As a class, make a list of the pivotal scenes. Then have each student select one of these scenes and write an essay describing its significance. What purpose does this...
by boot | Feb 27, 2025
The main character and narrator of this book is a teenage girl who is a Sudanese civil war refugee. She has a happy, normal life which comes to an end when her village is destroyed by soldiers, and her family scatters. Ask the class: How might these circumstances...
by boot | Feb 27, 2025
Provide groups of 4–6 students with a very large sheet of paper. Have them divide it into boxes or a circle divided into wedges; there should be one section per group member. At the top of each section, they write a heading (see ideas, below). They sit around the...
