Kira-kira / Cynthia Kadohata.
Record details
- ISBN: 0439799414 (hc)
- Physical Description: 244 p. ; 19 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Scholastic, Inc., c2004.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese-American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill. 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. Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese-American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill. |
Target Audience Note: | 5-8 4.9 Follett Library Resources Ages 11 up. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR 4.7 7.0 |
Awards Note: | Newbery Medal, 2005. |
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Genre: | Juvenile materials. |
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- 4 of 4 copies available at Bibliomation.
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- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Beacon Falls Public Library | J FIC Kad (Text) | 33120000218000 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Douglas Library - North Canaan | JF KAD (Text) | 33490000164081 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Lebanon Middle School | FIC KAD (Text) | 33431000016384 | Fiction | Available | - |
Thompson Middle School | Kadohata (Text) | 34065096670248 | Realistic Fiction | Available | - |
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