Find Request It
Cover Image

Kira-kira

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.

Saved in:
Main Author: Kadohata, Cynthia
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2004.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Georgia > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Japanese Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Death > Juvenile fiction.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Summary: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.
Physical Description:244 p. ; 19 cm.
ISBN:0689856393
Author Notes:Cynthia Kadohata was born on July 2, 1956. She is a Japanese American author of children's books. Kadohata won the Newbery Medal in 2005 for her title, Kira-Kira. She also won a PEN award in 2006 for Weedflower and in 2013 she won the U.S. National Book Award for The Thing About Luck.

Kadohata was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was a high school drop out. She attained a BA in Journalism from the University of Southern California and went on to attend graduate programs at the University of Pittsburgh and Columbia University.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Similar Items