Kira-Kira (English)

by Kadohata, Cynthia

ALA Notable/Best BooksNewbery MedalAsian/Pacific American Award for LiteratHistorical FictionFriendshipDeath & DyingSiblingsNY Publ. Library Best Books for the Teen Age
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AR Book Level
4.7
AR Points
7
Word Count
44,326
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
74071 EN

About this book

This book 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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