{"product_id":"kira-kira-by","title":"Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (Paperback)","description":"\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Japanese-American family struggles to build a new life in the Deep South of Georgia in this luminous novel, winner of the Newbery Medal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ekira-kira\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (kee' ra kee' ra): glittering; shining\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGlittering\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ekira-kira\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ekira-kira\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e for the same reason. And so are people's eyes. When Katie and her family move from a Japanese community in Iowa to the Deep South of Georgia, it's Lynn who explains to her why people stop them on the street to stare. And it's Lynn who, with her special way of viewing the world, teaches Katie to look beyond tomorrow. But when Lynn becomes desperately ill, and the whole family begins to fall apart, it is up to Katie to find a way to remind them all that there is always something glittering -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ekira-kira\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e -- in the future.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Luminous in its persistence of love and hope, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKira-Kira\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is Cynthia Kadohata's stunning debut in middle-grade fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Friends of the St Mary's County Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44097818624249,"sku":null,"price":1.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/5806\/6334\/files\/100_2793.jpg?v=1698803450","url":"https:\/\/folstmarys.com\/products\/kira-kira-by","provider":"Friends of the St Mary's County Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}