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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.

Author/Creator:

Kadohata, Cynthia

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Kira-kira [by Kadohata, C.]

Subjects:

Sisters — Juvenile fiction

Friendship — Juvenile fiction

Japanese Americans — Juvenile fiction

Death — Juvenile fiction

Georgia — History — 20th century — Juvenile fiction

1900-1999

Friendship

Japanese Americans

Death

Sisters

Georgia

United States

Genres:

Juvenile works

History

Fiction

General Notes:

Newbery Medal, 2005

Audience:

Preteens
Children

Physical Description:

244 pages ; 19 cm

Call Numbers:

JFic K113ki

ISBNs:

0689856393

Other Standard Numbers:

International Article Number: 9780689856396

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2003000737

OCLC Numbers:

51861752