Kira-kira / Cynthia Kadohata
- Author:
- Kadohata, Cynthia
- Published:
- New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2004.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Physical Description:
- 244 pages ; 19 cm.
- Additional Creators:
- Hopkins, Lee Bennett
- Series:
- Summary:
- 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.
- Subject(s):
- 1900-1999
- Newbery Medal
- Sisters—Juvenile fiction
- Friendship—Juvenile fiction
- Japanese Americans—Juvenile fiction
- Death—Juvenile fiction
- Sisters—Fiction
- Friendship—Fiction
- Japanese Americans—Fiction
- Death—Fiction
- Sœurs—Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Amitié—Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Américains d'origine japonaise—Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Mort—Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Death
- Friendship
- Japanese Americans
- Sisters
- Georgia—History—20th century—Juvenile fiction
- Georgia—History—20th century—Fiction
- Géorgie (État)—Histoire—20e siècle—Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Georgia
- Georgia—History—Fiction
- Genre(s):
- ISBN:
- 0689856393
9780689856396
1415530343
9781415530344
9780689856402
0689856407
9781415630310
1415630313
141691045X
9781416910459 - Collection:
- Lee Bennett Hopkins Collection.
- Audience:
- Age group:: Preteens
Educational level group:: Middle school students
Educational level group:: School children - Audience Notes:
- 740L Lexile.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Great Valley copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 20045
YORK juvenile copy: Gift of Lee Bennett Hopkins. - Awards:
- Newbery Medal, 2005
Asian/Pacific American Literature Award Honor, 2004
View MARC record | catkey: 2717541