W. Ross Macdonald School Library

Kira-Kira /

Kadohata, Cynthia, 1956- , author.

Kira-Kira / Cynthia Kadohata. - New York : Scholastic, 2005, c2004. - 244 pages ; 19 cm

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.

Guided Reading: X RL: 5.8
Lexile MeasureĀ®: 740L


Newbery Medal, 2005 , Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, 2005

9780689856402 0439799414

2005003434


Sisters--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Japanese Americans--Fiction.
Death--Fiction.


Georgia--History--20th century--Fiction.


FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / Post-World War II.

PZ7.K1166 / Ki 2005

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