Kadohata, Cynthia.

Kira-kira / Cynthia Kadohata. - 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed. - New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2006, c2004. - 244 p. ; 20 cm.

Newberry Medal, 2004.

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.

ISBN: 0689856407 (pbk.) 9780689856402 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sisters
Friendship
Japanese Americans
Death