TY - BOOK AU - Kadohata,Cynthia TI - Kira-kira SN - 0689856393 AV - PZ7.K1166 Ki 2004 U1 - [Fic] 22 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Atheneum Books for Young Readers KW - Death KW - Fiction KW - Friendship KW - Japanese Americans KW - Sisters KW - sears KW - Georgia KW - History KW - 20th century N1 - 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; 4.9; Follett Library Resources; 5-8; Follett Library Resources N2 - 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 ER -