Kira-Kira
by Kadohata, Cynthia

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ISBN-10:   0689856407
ISBN-13:   9780689856402
Publisher:   Simon & Schuster; Aladdin
Edition:   Reprint
Category:   Young Adults
Pub. Date:   December 2006
Pages:   244
Format:   Paperback
Ages:   10-14
Grades:   5 to

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Description/Notes
JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings; JUVENILE FICTION / General; JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Asian American; JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / General; JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dying; JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship
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 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.

 


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