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Title
Kira-kira / Cynthia Kadohata.
Author
Kadohata, Cynthia.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0689856393
Imprint
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2004.
Language
English
Description
244 p. ; 20 cm.
Call Number
PZ7.K1166 Ki 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
[Fic]
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.
Note
American Library Association Notable Children's Books, 2005.
Booklist Editors' Choice Books for Youth, 2004.
Booklist Editors' Choice Books for Youth, 2004.
Awards
Newbery Medal, 2005
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