![]() ![]() I notice that many of my friends who have read Kira-Kira become immediately emotional at its mention. I wrote about how your book Kira-Kira affected me as kid, how it affects me now. Kira-Kira raises this mix to a level of highest art. “ Kira-Kira is heartbreaking, brilliant, and might as easily be read by a 41-year-old as a 14-year-old …in works of literature for the young, the tragic and the comic forever travel hand in hand. And my 11-year-old was so entranced that she finished the book in a single sitting.” ( Entertainment Weekly) “Kadohata’s spare, lovely images stayed in my head long after I turned the last page. ![]() Over the years, I’ve read many thousands of reviews posted at BookBrowse, and those that have been written by students for school projects run the gamut from positive to negative, but more often than not they tend towards the vitriolic or just plain bored…” ( Bookbrowse) “It is particularly interesting to note how glowingly positive these reviews are considering that most of the reviewers read Kira-Kira as a school assignment. The prose is clear, simple and authentic and, most importantly, is clearly touching the hearts of young readers as you can see by the reader reviews posted at BookBrowse … “This is a heartbreaking, gorgeous book written from the point of view of young Katie, who is only 10 when her 14 year old sister falls sick and dies. Pacific Northwest Young Reader’s Choice Award Master List Asian/Pacific American Award for LiteratureĬooperative Children’s Book Council Choicesĭorothy Canfield Fisher Award master (VT) ![]()
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