Kira-Kira

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Kira-Kira
Author Cynthia Kadohata
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Atheneum Books
Released 2004
Media Type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 244 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-689-85639-3

Kira-Kira is a young adult novel by Cynthia Kadohata. It won the Newbery Medal for children's literature in 2005. The book's plot is about a Japanese-American family living in Georgia. The main character and narrator of the story is a girl named Katie, a member of the Japanese-American family.

Preceded by
The Tale of Despereaux
Newbery Medal recipient
2005
Succeeded by
Criss Cross