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Kira - Kira
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Kira - Kira Paperback - 2006

by Kadohata, Cynthia

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Glittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. When their family moves 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.

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Aladdin Paperbacks, 2006. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 244 pages. 7.75x5.25x0.75 inches.
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  • Title Kira - Kira
  • Author Kadohata, Cynthia
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: repri
  • Condition New
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Aladdin Paperbacks, U.S.A.
  • Date 2006
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # x-0689856407
  • ISBN 9780689856402 / 0689856407
  • Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.65 x 5.16 x 0.73 in (19.43 x 13.11 x 1.85 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 14 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 9
  • Reading level 740
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1950's
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Catalog Heading: Classics
    • Curriculum Strand: Language Arts/Literature
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - Japanese
    • Geographic Orientation: Georgia
    • Geographic Orientation: Iowa
    • Topical: Death/Dying
  • Library of Congress subjects Death, Japanese Americans
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003000737
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Publishers Weekly, 01/08/2007, Page 54

About the author

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, Checked, A Place to Belong, Saucy, and several critically acclaimed adult novels, including The Floating World. She lives with her dogs and hockey-playing son in California. Visit her online at CynthiaKadohata.com.