Kira Kira, Cynthia Kadohata
Kira Kira, Cynthia Kadohata
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Kira - Kira

Author: Cynthia Kadohata

Narrator: Elaina Erika Davis

Unabridged: 4 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/12/2005

Synopsis

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.
Luminous in its persistence of love and hope, Kira-Kira is Cynthia Kadohata’s stunning debut in middle-grade fiction.

About The Author

Cynthia Kadohata is the author of the Newbery Medal-winning book Kira-Kira, the Jane Addams Peace Award and Pen USA Award winner Weedflower, Cracker!, Outside Beauty, and several critically acclaimed adult novels, including The Floating World. She has published numerous short stories in such literary journals as the New Yorker, Ploughshares, Grand Street, and the Mississippi Review. She lives with her son and dog in West Covina, California.Elaina Erika Davis is a talented actor who has graced the screen, stage, and television. She's an accomplished voice-over artist and has narrated many audiobooks, including Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata and Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Laurel on December 31, 2008

THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE AWESOMEST BOOK IN THE HISTORY OF AWESOME BOOKS. I cried at the end. I reccomend it to you and everyone you know. I read it like 10 times and so should you. It's about a Japanese girl and her family living in the U.S. in that descrimination era.......more

Goodreads review by Julia on July 22, 2008

This is by far one of the loveliest books I have read in a long time! I can't remember when I last cried over a children's book, but this touching story about a young Japanese-American girl definitely made me shed a tear or two. Katie and her family, including big sister Lynn and little brother Samm......more

Goodreads review by elle on October 04, 2023

my favorite childhood book. the book closest to my heart. the book that taught me what it was to be a big sister before i even became a big sister. will always have a special place on my shelf. it's all tattered and frazzled because i've read it so much, but this book was the first book to ever move......more

Goodreads review by Tara on February 15, 2010

Being of Japanese descent, I recognized so much that was in my childhood of the day to day existence and the way the family operated. I grew up in California but I think the racism that was experienced in the book was what my parent generation had to deal with in the South. I particularly appreciate......more

Goodreads review by Rod on April 30, 2025

I was initially intrigued by the look into life for Japanese Americans in the 1950s as I haven't seen much of that perspective in print, but the first half of the book quickly bored me with a string of low-key slice-of-life family moments. And just when it seems like nothing will ever happen, a most......more

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