Kadohata, Cynthia.
Kira-kira / - 1st ed. - New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2004. - 244 p. ; 19 cm.
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.
0689856393
9780689856396
Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com
2003000737
Sisters--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Japanese Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Death--Juvenile fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Japanese Americans--Fiction.
Death--Fiction.
Georgia--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Georgia--History--20th century--Fiction.
PZ7.K1166 / Ki 2004 PS3561.A3615 / K57 2004
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Kira-kira / - 1st ed. - New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2004. - 244 p. ; 19 cm.
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.
0689856393
9780689856396
Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com
2003000737
Sisters--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Japanese Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Death--Juvenile fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Japanese Americans--Fiction.
Death--Fiction.
Georgia--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Georgia--History--20th century--Fiction.
PZ7.K1166 / Ki 2004 PS3561.A3615 / K57 2004
[Fic]