| Kira-Kira Contributor(s): Kadohata, Cynthia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0689856393 ISBN-13: 9780689856396 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2004 Annotation: Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem glittering and shining. 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 in the future. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003000737 |
| Lexile Measure: 740 |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.36" W x 7.74" (0.59 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 1960's - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Ethnic Orientation - Japanese - Geographic Orientation - Georgia - Geographic Orientation - Iowa - Topical - Death/Dying - Topical - Family - Catalog Heading - Classics - Cultural Region - Heartland |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 74071 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kadohata, Cynthia: - 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, Place to Belong, and several critically acclaimed adult novels, including The Floating World. She lives with her dog and hockey-playing son in Los Angeles, California. Visit her online at CynthiaKadohata.com. |