5/30/2023 0 Comments Kira kira by cynthia kadohata![]() ![]() Female chicks become “broilers,” and workers quickly euthanize the male chicks. ![]() With Uncle’s help, Father obtains a job as a chick sexer at a hatchery. Several families living in and around the apartment are also Japanese American, providing a welcoming community that provides both emotional support and childcare as Mother and Father go to work. Katie’s family moves into a very small two-bedroom apartment in a one-story complex. ![]() Along the way to Georgia, they witness prejudice against people of color and experience it themselves.Īrriving in fictional Chesterfield, Georgia, the family reacquaints themselves with Uncle’s wife, Auntie Fumi, and twin sons David and Daniel, who are close to Katie’s age. The move is traumatic for the girls, who spend the drive constantly crying. When their parents’ Asian food store in rural Iowa fails, her father’s brother Uncle Katsuhisa helps the family relocate to rural Georgia, where they can obtain jobs in the poultry industry. While Katie is hard-headed and inclined to be naughty, she sees Lynn as brilliant and beautiful. Katie Takeshima has a loving relationship with her sister Lynn, who is four years older. This guide uses the 2006 Atheneum Books paperback edition.Ĭontent Warning: This novel references death and contains some profanity. Kira-Kira received the 2005 Newbery Medal. Kadohata has written more than 10 novels for young people. Kadohata, a Japanese American Baby Boomer, has likened herself to Katie in interviews about the writing process, saying that her background led to the creation of the book. ![]()
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