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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13
9780689856396
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2317434410
Product Key Features
Book Title
Kira-Kira
Author
Cynthia Kadohata
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Family Life, Death
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Children & Young Adults
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
184mm
Item Width
127mm
Item Weight
270g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Cynthia Kadohata
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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