Name: Kira-Kira.
ISBN: 0689856407

Cynthia Kadohata

In her first novel for young readers Kadohata creates a lyrical story of two Japanese sisters growing up in Georgia in the early 60s. When one sister becomes terminally ill, the other must help herself and her family look to the future.

Kira-Kira.

not a recent read by any means (think i read this when i was like 12? lol) but i think about it a lot. this book altered my brain chemistry forever

prachi

Nadine 

#diversity #japanese #death #siblings #narrative
Beautiful tale of family of Japanese immigrants told from younger girls perspective. Poverty, striving, gaining awareness of political rights and the sad sad tale of her wonderful older sister.

vania

Stacey Mattison

désirée

Therese

Kira - Kira

Kaycee

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.

Kira-Kira

Courtney

Kavana Anklekar 

Laura

Natasha Musa

Kaela Childers

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lauren carla

Kathryn Emerson

Suzy Dean

Laura Yaneth Martinez

Britney Ly

Rina

Kira Kira

Toniy Knight

Elizabeth Hisserich

Rachel Rozdzial

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. Reader's Guide available. A Newbery Medal Book & ALA Notable Children's Book. Reprint.

erin s

Kira-Kira.

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