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Kira-Kira
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A novel by Cynthia Kadohata that won the Newbery Medal for Children's Literature in 2005.Taking place in the 1950s, the story revolves around Katie Takeshima, a Japanese-American girl who looks up to her sister, Lynn, because she reminds Katie to always look at the bright side of life by knowing that the future is always glittering: kira-kira. After her parents move from Iowa to Georgia to get jobs at chicken hatcheries, Lynn develops anemia and later lymphoma.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Do not confuse with the Japanese Visual Novel Kira-Kira. | |
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Always Someone Better | |
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Always Someone Better: Lynn plays this to Katie, as the former gets straight "A's", while the latter gets "C's" | |
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Beauty Equals Goodness | |
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Beauty Equals Goodness: Hank Garvin, one of the few whites in the story who don't discriminate against the Takeshima family and the man who drives Sammy to the hospital after getting stuck in a bear trap. He's so handsome, Katie even forgets why she's knocking at his door. | |
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Awful Truth | |
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Awful Truth: Katie being woken up to be told that Lynn passed away. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: Lynn passes away, and, after being fired, Masao resolves to move his family to another hatchery in Missouri. Before they go, to cheer up the family opts for vacation, where Katy suggest they California, where her sister's dream house would have been. When she's on the beach, Katie hears Lynn's voice in the waves saying, "Kira-kira! Kira-kira!" | |
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Aloof Big Sister: Downplayed, but Lynn, as she enters her teens, makes a new friend, is interested in boys, and so spends less time with Katie. | |
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Asian-American Media / int_4b2696c7 | |
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Children's Literature / int_4b2696c7 | |
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Death by Newbery Medal / int_4b2696c7 | |
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Realistic Fiction / int_4b2696c7 |
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