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) ·
  • 115 Want to read
  • 7 Currently reading
  • 17 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

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Georgia

Times

20th century

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Cover of: Kira-Kira
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.
2005, Aladdin
in English
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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
2004, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
in English - 1st ed.
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Kira-kira
2004, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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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

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Collingswood Public Library record
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Work Description

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

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