The best story I have read this year!

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	• Kira-Kira Cynthia Kadohata Aladdin, 2006 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 162 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Bittersweet

This is a wonderful story about relationships, prejudice , and loving the person inside yourself. An enchanting story indeed.

Not-for-bedtime-story

I still read my 8-year old bedtime stories. This gives me the chance to spend extra time with her, as well as to introduce her to books she wouldn't choose for herself but would nevertheless enjoy (e.g. Gogol's "Evenings on a Farm in Dikanka").

I bought "Kira Kira" with the intention of reading at bedtime, but reading it myself made me decide to put it on the shelf for a least another few years. No, I don't believe in shielding my children from all grief and sadness. However, dumping depressing stories on my daughter as she drifts off into dreamland seems sadistic. It's not that the book is not engaging or well written, it's that the book is not appropriate for an 8-year old. I'll suggest it to her when she's a teen.

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Beautiful literature!!

I decided to read this book in college during a Children's Literature course. It was my first award winner since childhood, so I wasn't sure what to expect. All I can say is WOW!!! Several of other college students also read the book and had the same reaction. It's absolutely beautifully written, witty, and a down-right awesome book. Now as a teacher, I have recommended this book to several of my students! You just can't go wrong with reading this book.

The best story I have read this year!

This is an all in one happy, sad, and all around funny fictional book. This is probably the best book I have read this year. Katie Takeshima and her sister Lynn Takeshima learned that everything was Kira- Kira(shinning). But when Katie and her family move from a Japanese community to Georgia, life turns from fabulous to not so fabulous. Lynn gets ill and her family is worried. So, it is up to Katie to remind them there is always a better tomorrow- or is there? This book is an enjoyable book for everyone. There is a little bit of swearing and sexual humor, but I still loved it. I really liked how the author made it humoruos in the worst of times.

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kira-kira (kee ra kee ra): glittering; shiningGlittering. 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 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 desperately 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.

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