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Line 1: {{work}} {{Workstub}} [[File:Kirakira.jpg\|frame]] 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: [[Title Drop\|kira-kira]]. After her parents move from Iowa to Georgia to get jobs at chicken hatcheries, Lynn develops anemia and later lymphoma. [[Do Not Confuse With]] the Japanese [[Visual Novel]] ''[[~~Kira Kira (Visual Novel)\|Kira Kira~~Kirakira]]''. {{tropelist}} ~~[[Needs Wiki Magic Love]].~~ {{Needs More Tropes}} ~~----~~ ~~=== ''Kira-Kira'' provides examples of: ===~~ * {{spoiler\|[[Bittersweet Ending]]}} * [[Child Prodigy]]: Lynn can beat her Uncle Katsuhisa, a self-proclaimed chess grand master, at his own game. * [[Coming of Age Story]] * {{spoiler\|[[Death Byby Newbery Medal]]}} * [[Deep South]] * [[Ill Girl]]: Lynn. * [[Innocent Prodigy]]: Lynn. * [[Leaning Onon the Fourth Wall]]: "It seemed that at this moment I was inside a story. This was the story of my life, and I did not know what any of it meant." {{reflist}} [[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:~~Needs Wiki Magic Love~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Kira Kira]]▼ [[Category:Literature]] ▲[[Category:~~Kira~~Newbery ~~Kira~~Medal]]