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Kira-Kira Hardcover - 2004

by Cynthia Kadohata

Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem glittering and shining. But when Lynn becomes desperately ill, and the whole family begins to fall apart, it is up to Katie to find a way to remind them all that there is always something glittering in the future.


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A Japanese-American family struggles to build a new life in the Deep South of Georgia in this luminous novel, winner of the Newbery Medal. kira-kira (kee' ra kee' ra): glittering; shining
Glittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is kira-kira for the same reason. And so are people's eyes. When Katie and her family move from a Japanese community in Iowa to the Deep South of Georgia, it's Lynn who explains to her why people stop them on the street to stare. And it's Lynn who, with her special way of viewing the world, teaches Katie to look beyond tomorrow. But when Lynn becomes desperately ill, and the whole family begins to fall apart, it is up to Katie to find a way to remind them all that there is always something glittering -- kira-kira -- in the future.
Luminous in its persistence of love and hope, Kira-Kira is Cynthia Kadohata's stunning debut in middle-grade fiction.

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  • Title Kira-Kira
  • Author Cynthia Kadohata
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2004-02
  • ISBN 9780689856396 / 0689856393
  • Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.74 x 5.36 x 0.95 in (19.66 x 13.61 x 2.41 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 14 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 9
  • Reading level 740
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1950's
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Catalog Heading: Classics
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - Japanese
    • Geographic Orientation: Georgia
    • Geographic Orientation: Iowa
    • Topical: Death/Dying
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Death, Japanese Americans
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003000737
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • ALA Notable Children's Books, 02/15/2005, Page 1022
  • Booklist, 05/15/2004, Page 1630
  • Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2005, Page 772
  • Booklist Editors Choice/Adult, 01/15/2005, Page 772
  • BookPage, 04/01/2004, Page 27
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 01/01/2004, Page 195
  • Horn Book Magazine, 03/01/2004, Page 183
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2004, Page 396
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 12/15/2003, Page 1451
  • Kliatt, 01/01/2004, Page 8
  • Multicultural Review, 12/01/2004, Page 93
  • Publishers Weekly, 02/09/2004, Page 81
  • School Library Journal, 04/01/2005, Page 56
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 08/01/2004, Page 218

About the author

Cynthia Kadohata is the author of the Newbery Medal-winning book Kira-Kira, the National Book Award winner The Thing About Luck, the Jane Addams Peace Award and PEN America Award winner Weedflower, Cracker!, Outside Beauty, A Million Shades of Gray, Half a World Away, Checked, A Place to Belong, Saucy, and several critically acclaimed adult novels, including The Floating World. She lives with her dogs and hockey-playing son in California. Visit her online at CynthiaKadohata.com.
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