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Kira - Kira

Kira - Kira( )
Author: Kadohata, Cynthia
ISBN:978-0-7569-6789-5
Publication Date:Sep 2006
Publisher:Perfection Learning Corporation
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $17.00
Book Description:

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.

Book Details
Pages:244
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5 x 7.4 x 0.9 Inches
Book Weight:0.55 Pounds
Author Biography
Kadohata, Cynthia (Author)
Cynthia Kadohata was born on July 2, 1956. She is a Japanese American author of children's books. Kadohata won the Newbery Medal in 2005 for her title, Kira-Kira. She also won a PEN award in 2006 for Weedflower and in 2013 she won the U.S. National Book Award for The Thing About Luck.

Kadohata was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was a high school drop out. She attained a BA in Journalism from the University of Southern California and went on to attend graduate programs at the University of Pittsburgh and Columbia University.

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