Kira-Kira

Locations
Call Number: J BOCD Fiction / Kadohata, Cynthia, Kids BOCD / Fiction / General / Kadohata, Cynthia
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Kids 4-week checkout	J BOCD Fiction / Kadohata, Cynthia	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Kids A/V 4-week checkout	Kids BOCD / Fiction / General / Kadohata, Cynthia	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Unabridged.
Compact disc.
Read by Elaina Erika Davis.
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 (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.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Kira Kira submitted by Varshini on July 23, 2019, 12:02am If you liked this story, I’d suggest reading Weedflower by the same author. :)