An edition of Kira-kira (2004)

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An edition of Kira-kira (2004)

Kira-Kira

1st ed.

by

  • ★★★★ 4.0 (10 ratings) ·
  • 116 Want to read
  • 7 Currently reading
  • 18 Have read

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.

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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Pages
244

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Subjects

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:9

Places

Georgia

Times

20th century
Edition Availability
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Kira-Kira
2008, Simon & Schuster, Limited
in English
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Kira-Kira (Punto de Encuentro (Editorial Everest))
December 13, 2006, Everest Publishing, Editorial Everest
Paperback in Spanish
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Kira - Kira
April 12, 2005, Listening Library (Audio)
Audio CD in English - Unabridged edition
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Kira-kira
2005, Thorndike Press
in English - Large print ed.
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Kira-kira
2005, NXB Trẻ
in Vietnamese
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Kira Kira
Nov 07, 2005, Simon & Schuster Children's, Brand: Simon Schuster Childrens Books
paperback
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Kira-Kira.
2005, Aladdin
in English
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Kira-kira
2004, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Kira-Kira
Kira-Kira
2004, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
in English - 1st ed.

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Book Details

Edition Notes

Ages 11 up.

A Junior Library Guild selection.

Published in
New York
Genre
Juvenile fiction

The Physical Object

Pagination
244 p. ;
Number of pages
244

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23271911M
Internet Archive
kirakira00kado
ISBN 10
0689856393
LCCN
2003000737
Library Thing
6254668
Goodreads
1121531

Source records

Collingswood Public Library record
Internet Archive item record

Work Description

It is only kira kira for the sisters Katie and Lynn until they move to an entirely new locality.

Excerpts

MY SISTER, LYNN, taught me my first word: kira-kira.
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