I pronounced it ka-a-ahhh, but she knew what I meant. My sister, Lynn, taught me my first word: kira-kira. Luminous in its persistence of love and hope, Kira-Kira is Cynthia Kadohata's stunning debut in middle-grade fiction. 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. And it's Lynn who, with her special way of viewing the world, teaches Katie to look beyond tomorrow. 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. The sea is kira-kira for the same reason.

The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time.

That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. Kira-kira (kee' ra kee' ra): glittering shining O元295462W Page_number_confidence 87.77 Pages 280 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200929191456 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 379 Scandate 20200927082810 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780689856402 Tts_version 4.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. Luminous in its persistence of love and hope, Kira-Kira is Cynthia Kadohata's stunning debut in middle-grade fictionĪsian/Pacific American Literature Award Honor, 2004Īccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:05:26 Boxid IA1949807 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

kira-kira (kee' ra kee' ra): glittering shining Glittering. 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 by cynthia kadohata