Kira-Kira (Newbery Medal Book)
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I received this on 2/7/05 from Amazon.com for $10.85 I will give it to my daughter (starwarsfreak) when I'm done reading it for her Newbery collection.
c. 2004 -- 244 pages -- Hardcover -- Sisters -- Friendship -- Japanese Americans -- Death -- Georgia - History - 20th century -- Ages 11 + up -- A Junior Library Guild Selection -- 2005 Newbery Award
Summary: Chronicles the close friendship between 2 Japanese-American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s, and the despair felt when one sister becomes terminally ill.
Back Cover: My uncle was exactly one inch taller than my father. But his stomach was soft. We knew this because we hit him in it once the year before, and he yelped in pain and threatened to spank us. We got sent to bed without supper because my parents said hitting someone was the worst thing you could do. Stealing was second, and lying was third. Before I was 12, I would have committed all three of those crimes.
Jacket Flap: 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 ball 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 midle-grade fiction.
c. 2004 -- 244 pages -- Hardcover -- Sisters -- Friendship -- Japanese Americans -- Death -- Georgia - History - 20th century -- Ages 11 + up -- A Junior Library Guild Selection -- 2005 Newbery Award
Summary: Chronicles the close friendship between 2 Japanese-American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s, and the despair felt when one sister becomes terminally ill.
Back Cover: My uncle was exactly one inch taller than my father. But his stomach was soft. We knew this because we hit him in it once the year before, and he yelped in pain and threatened to spank us. We got sent to bed without supper because my parents said hitting someone was the worst thing you could do. Stealing was second, and lying was third. Before I was 12, I would have committed all three of those crimes.
Jacket Flap: 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 ball 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 midle-grade fiction.
I finished reading this today. It's a good book dealing with the death of a loved one and the insights you learn along the way. Even though it was filled with meaningful thoughts, it was very sad.
Used for 2005 Alphabet Challenge ... K author
Giving to my daughter (starwarsfreak) for her Newbery permanent collection.
Used for 2005 Alphabet Challenge ... K author
Giving to my daughter (starwarsfreak) for her Newbery permanent collection.
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