Description
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.
Awards
Winner of Newbery Medal (Children's) 2005. Commended for Nene Award 2007 and Nene Award 2008 and Nene Award 2009. Short-listed for Young Reader's Choice Award (Intermediate/Grades 7-9) 2007 and Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award 2006 and Colorado Blue Spruce Award 2007.
Book Information
ISBN 9780689856396
Author Cynthia Kadohata
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Weight(grams) 270g
Dimensions(mm) 184mm * 127mm * 23mm
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.
Awards
Winner of Newbery Medal (Children's) 2005. Commended for Nene Award 2007 and Nene Award 2008 and Nene Award 2009. Short-listed for Young Reader's Choice Award (Intermediate/Grades 7-9) 2007 and Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award 2006 and Colorado Blue Spruce Award 2007.
Book Information
ISBN 9780689856396
Author Cynthia Kadohata
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Weight(grams) 270g
Dimensions(mm) 184mm * 127mm * 23mm
