| Kira-Kira Contributor(s): Kadohata, Cynthia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0689856393 ISBN-13: 9780689856396 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions 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. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dewey: FIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LCCN: 2003000737 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age Level: 10-13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grade Level: 5-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lexile Measure: 740(Not Available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.36" W x 7.74" L (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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Awards: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's, 2006 Colorado Blue Spruce Award, Nominee, Young Adult, 2007 Nene Award, Recommended, Children's Fiction, 2007 Nene Award, Recommended, Children's Fiction, 2008 Nene Award, Recommended, Children's Fiction, 2009 Newbery Medal, Winner, Children's, 2005 Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee, Intermediate/Grades 7-9, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 12/15/2003 pg. 1451 Kliatt 01/01/2004 pg. 8 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2004 pg. 195 Booklist 01/01/2004 pg. 858 Publishers Weekly 02/09/2004 pg. 81 Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2004 pg. 183 School Library Journal 03/01/2004 pg. 214 BookPage 04/01/2004 pg. 27 Booklist 05/15/2004 pg. 1630 Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2004 pg. 218 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 396 - Superior,Well Above Average Multicultural Review 12/01/2004 pg. 93 Booklist Editors Choice/Adult 01/15/2005 pg. 772 Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2004 pg. 396 - Superior,Well Above Average ALA Notable Children's Books 02/15/2005 pg. 1022 Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2005 pg. 772 School Library Journal 04/01/2005 pg. 56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Quiz #: 74071 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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