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Kira-kira

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'...

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Main Author: Kadohata, Cynthia,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2004.
Physical Description: 244 pages ; 19 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Series: Newbery Award Winner.
Subjects:
Newbery Medal -- 2005.
Sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Death -- Juvenile fiction.
Death -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
Georgia -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Georgia -- History -- Fiction.
Children's stories.
Online Access: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal
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