The Resource Kira-kira, by Cynthia Kadohata
Kira-kira, by Cynthia Kadohata
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The item Kira-kira, by Cynthia Kadohata represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 231 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9780786276165
- Label
- Kira-kira
- Title
- Kira-kira
- Statement of responsibility
- by Cynthia Kadohata
- Subject
-
- trueJapanese American families
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueSisters -- Death
- Georgia -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueFourteen-year-old girls
- trueBrothers and sisters of sick children
- trueTen-year-old girls
- trueGeorgia -- History -- 20th century
- Japanese Americans -- Fiction
- Death -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- trueJapanese American girls
- true1950s -- 1950 -- 1959
- truePrejudice
- trueGrief
- Newbery Medal, 2005
- Language
- eng
- 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
- 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
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Children's Book, 2005
- Asian Pacific American Award for Literature: Young Adult Literature, 2006.
- Newbery Medal, 2005.
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2004
- Awards note
- Newbery Medal, 2005.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 122572
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kadohata, Cynthia
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ7.K1166
- LC item number
- Ki 2005
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 740
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 6
- 8
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sisters
- Friendship
- Japanese Americans
- Death
- Newbery Medal, 2005
- Georgia
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- Kira-kira, by Cynthia Kadohata
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19854860
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 231 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780786276165
- Isbn Type
- (lg. print : hc : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2005003434
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Label
- Kira-kira, by Cynthia Kadohata
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19854860
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 231 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780786276165
- Isbn Type
- (lg. print : hc : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2005003434
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
Subject
- true1950s -- 1950 -- 1959
- trueBrothers and sisters of sick children
- Death -- Fiction
- trueFourteen-year-old girls
- Friendship -- Fiction
- trueGeorgia -- History -- 20th century
- Georgia -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueGrief
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueJapanese American families
- trueJapanese American girls
- Japanese Americans -- Fiction
- Newbery Medal, 2005
- truePrejudice
- trueSisters -- Death
- Sisters -- Fiction
- trueTen-year-old girls
Genre
Included in
- trueALA Notable Children's Books - Older Readers Category: 2005
- trueAsian Pacific American Award for Literature: Young Adult Literature
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Older Readers Category: 2004
- trueCivil Rights and Vietnam Era, 1950s to 1970s : Fiction for Grades 3-5
- trueNewbery Medal
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