Kira-Kira (2005)
2005 Newbery Award Medal Winner
Item #:
23-10075
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$19.99
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Winner of the 2005 Newbery Medal
kira-kira (kee-ra-kee-ra), adj.: 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's up to Katie to find a way to remind them all that there is always something glittering, kira-kira, in the future.
Luminous in it's persistence of love and hope, Kira-Kira is Cynthia Kadohata's stunning debut in middle-grade fiction.
kira-kira (kee-ra-kee-ra), adj.: 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's up to Katie to find a way to remind them all that there is always something glittering, kira-kira, in the future.
Luminous in it's persistence of love and hope, Kira-Kira is Cynthia Kadohata's stunning debut in middle-grade fiction.
Specifications
ISBN: 9780689856396
Grade Level: 5-9
Age Range: 10-14
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 256
Publish Year: 2004
Publisher/Imprint: Simon & Schuster Publishing/Atheneum Books for Young
Awards: Newbery Medal Winner, ALA Notable Children’s Books, CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children’s Book Council), Thumbs Up! Award Master List (MI), Booklist Editors’Choice, Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List (NY), Booklinks Lasting Connections, Garden State Teen Book Award Nominee (NJ), NYPL in.Books for the Teen Age in., Capitol Choices List (DC), Pacific Northwest Young Reader’s Choice Award Master List, KSRC Middle School Titles - Top Pick, Nene Award Master List (HI), California Collections, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award Master List (VT), Blue Spruce YA Book Award Nominee (CO), Kiriyama Prize Notable Book, Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Award Winner
Author: Cynthia Kadohata
Illustrator: Ann Sullivan, Julia Kuskin (Photographer)
Dimensions: 7-1/2 in.H x 5-1/8 in.W
Grade Level: 5-9
Age Range: 10-14
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 256
Publish Year: 2004
Publisher/Imprint: Simon & Schuster Publishing/Atheneum Books for Young
Awards: Newbery Medal Winner, ALA Notable Children’s Books, CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children’s Book Council), Thumbs Up! Award Master List (MI), Booklist Editors’Choice, Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List (NY), Booklinks Lasting Connections, Garden State Teen Book Award Nominee (NJ), NYPL in.Books for the Teen Age in., Capitol Choices List (DC), Pacific Northwest Young Reader’s Choice Award Master List, KSRC Middle School Titles - Top Pick, Nene Award Master List (HI), California Collections, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award Master List (VT), Blue Spruce YA Book Award Nominee (CO), Kiriyama Prize Notable Book, Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Award Winner
Author: Cynthia Kadohata
Illustrator: Ann Sullivan, Julia Kuskin (Photographer)
Dimensions: 7-1/2 in.H x 5-1/8 in.W