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Kadohata, Cynthia.

Kira-kira / Kira kira Cynthia Kadohata. - 1st ed. - New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2004. - 244 p ; 20 cm.

Newbery Medal/Honor. Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. Book Links (A.L.A.), October 2009. Booklist starred, January 2004. Horn Book, October 2004. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2005. Pub Weekly, February 2004. School Library Journal, March 2004. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2004. Wilson's Children, October 2006. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005.

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.

4.9 Follett Library Resources. 5-8 Follett Library Resources.

Newbery Medal/Honor, 2005.

ISBN: 0689856393 9780689856396

LCCN: 2003000737

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Death--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Japanese Americans--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Death--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Japanese Americans--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Georgia--History--20th century--Fiction.
Georgia--History--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.K1166 / Ki 2004

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]