MY SISTER, LYNN, taught me my first word: kira-kira.
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In her first novel for young readers Kadohata creates a lyrical story of two Japanese sisters growing up in Georgia in the early 60s. When one sister becomes terminally ill, the other must help herself and her family look to the future.
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Death, Fiction, Japanese Americans, Sisters, History, Friendship, Juvenile fiction, Hermanas, Amistad, Historia, Ficción juvenil, Japoneses-americanos, Muerte, Newbery Medal, Children's fiction, Sisters, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Japanese americans, fiction, Death, fiction, Georgia, fiction, Large type books, award:Newbery_award, lexile:740, lexile_range:701-800, age:min:10, age:max:12, grade:min:5, grade:max:9Places
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Kira-Kira (Punto de Encuentro (Editorial Everest))
December 13, 2006, Everest Publishing, Editorial Everest
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8424116941 9788424116941
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Kira Kira
Nov 07, 2005, Simon & Schuster Children's, Brand: Simon Schuster Childrens Books
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141691045X 9781416910459
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Kira - Kira
April 12, 2005, Listening Library (Audio)
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0307281868 9780307281869
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It is only kira kira for the sisters Katie and Lynn until they move to an entirely new locality.
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