Description:
Dreamy, imaginative, and fearlessly observant, Lynn is a golden combination of older sister, best friend, and personal hero for Katie, who is four years younger. Katie`s earliest word, "kira-kira," meaning "glittering" in Japanese, is Lynn`s favorite, and the source of many discussions about what--the sea, sky, and eyes, especially--best merits this treasured adjective. Exceptionally close, the Takeshima sisters spent time playing in corn fields around their Iowa home, and scheming about the sky-blue house they longed to own before the loss of the family store drove them to stay with relatives in Georgia, a hostile place for Japanese-Americans in the 1950s. With both parents working punishing hours at the bleak, oppressive poultry plant, Katie must care for Lynn when she begins a long, harrowing fight with lymphoma. As Katie struggles to remain buoyant in a wash of sadness, the notion of "kira-kira" becomes more important than ever. Winner of the 2005 Newbery Medal.
- Author:
- Kadohata, Cynthia
- ISBN:
- 9780689856402
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 244
- Publish Date:
- 12/26/2006
- Publisher:
- Simon & Schuster
- Language:
- English
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