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 Kira - Kira by Cynthia Kadohata - unabridged audiobook
on CDs. Read by Elaina Erika Davis
Item 2587468, 4 CDs, 4 hours 30 minutes playing time,
Weighs 7 oz (0.4375 lb, 198 g)
Retail Price: $28.00
Our Price: $22.40 
Kira-Kira (kee' ra kee ra): glittering,
shining
"Glittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's
sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because
its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is
kira-kira for the same reason. And so are people's eyes. When
Katie and her family move from a Japanese community in Iowa to
the Deep South of Georgia, it's Lynn who explains to her why
people stop them on the street to stare. And it's Lynn who, with
her special way of viewing the world, teaches Katie to look beyond
tomorrow. But when Lynn becomes desparately ill, and the whole
family begins to fall apart, it is up to Katie to find a way
to remind them all that there is always something glittering
-- kira-kira -- in the future."
John Newberry Award
Winner, 2005
"Luminous in it's persistence of love
and hope, Kira - Kira is Cynthia Kadohata's stunning debute
in middle-grade fiction."
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