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Kira-Kira

Name: Kira-Kira
Brand: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
SKU: 9780689856396
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Contributors:

Cynthia Kadohata

Publisher:

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Genre:

Children 9-12 Fiction - Books

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Juvenile Fiction

Book Subcategory:

Classics, Family, Social Themes

Book Topic:

Siblings, Death, Grief, Bereavement

Award:

2005 Newbery Medal Winner - Children's Award, 2006 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee - Children's Award, 2007 Colorado Blue Spruce Award Nominee - Young Adult Award, 2007 Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee - Intermediate/Grades 7-9 Award, 2007 Nene Award Recommended - Children's Fiction Award, 2008 Nene Award Recommended - Children's Fiction Award, 2009 Nene Award Recommended - Children's Fiction Award

Audience:

Ages 9-12

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The product is eligible for a complimentary return within 30 days from the date of purchase. Furthermore, individual items are shipped within 24 hours of receiving the order.

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Release Date:

2004-02-01

ISBN 13:

9780689856396

Weight:

0.59 lbs

Size:

7.74 x 5.36 x 0.95 inches

Pages:

256

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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.

About the Author
Cynthia Kadohata is the author of the Newbery Medal-winning book Kira-Kira, the National Book Award winner The Thing About Luck, the Jane Addams Peace Award and PEN America Award winner Weedflower, Cracker!, Outside Beauty, A Million Shades of Gray, Half a World Away, Checked, A Place to Belong, Saucy, and several critically acclaimed adult novels, including The Floating World. She lives with her dogs and hockey-playing son in California. Visit her online at CynthiaKadohata.com.

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