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Posted by: padfoot27 Jun 18 2007, 07:44 PM

Kira kira is one of my favorite books I've read it about 4 times,the way the author writes is like you can see what is happening...Here is part of the 1st chapter

http://www.kira-kira.us/kiralong2.jpg.png

My sister, Lynn, taught me my first word: kira-kira. I pronounced it ka-a-ahhh, but she knew what I meant. Kira-kira means "glittering" in Japanese. Lynn told me that when I was a baby, she used to take me onto our empty road at night, where we would lie on our backs and look at the stars while she said over and over, "Katie, say 'kira-kira, kira-kira.'" I loved that word! When I grew older, I used kira-kira to describe everything I liked: the beautiful blue sky; puppies; kittens; butterflies; colored Kleenex.

My mother said we were misusing the word; you could not call a Kleenex kira-kira. She was dismayed over how un-Japanese we were and vowed to send us to Japan one day. I didn't care where she sent me, so long as Lynn came along.

I was born in Iowa in 1951. I know a lot about when I was a little girl, because my sister used
to keep a diary. Today I keep her diary in a drawer next to my bed.

I like to see how her memories were the same as mine, but also different. For instance, one of my earliest memories is the day Lynn saved my life. I was almost five, and she was almost nine. We were playing on the empty road near our house. Fields of tall corn stretched into the distance wherever you looked. A dirty gray dog ran out of the field near us, and then he ran back in. Lynn loved animals. Her long black hair disappeared into the corn as she chased the dog. The summer sky was clear and blue. I felt a brief fear as Lynn disappeared into the cornstalks. When she wasn't in school, she stayed with me constantly. Both our parents worked. Officially, I stayed all day with a lady from down the road, but unofficially, Lynn was the one who took care of me.

After Lynn ran into the field, I couldn't see anything but corn.

"Lynnie!" I shouted. We weren't that far from our house, but I felt scared. I burst into tears.

Somehow or other, Lynn got behind me and said, "Boo!" and I cried some more. She just laughed and hugged me and said, "You're the best little sister in the world!" I liked it when she said that, so I stopped crying.

The dog ran off. We lay on our backs in the middle of the road and stared at the blue sky...

I was just wandering if anyone else had read this book and what they thought about it...Oh and if you want to read the whole first chapter than go to this:http://www.kira-kira.us/kira-kira.htm
P.S. that's the cover up top^

-padfoot27*

Posted by: theendiscoming Jun 19 2007, 12:03 PM

I've always meant to read this. Now that you say it's so good I'm going to add it to my summer reading list

Posted by: tonksgirl Sep 11 2007, 06:13 PM

hey,
i have never met anyone else who's read it now i do!!!!
i also love this book, its so beautifully written and its really captivating, i like how its so real, you know, but still makes me imagine stuff thats like impossible... or not.

Posted by: the_heir_of_ravenclaw Sep 12 2007, 06:48 PM

This book is excellent! It totally deserved winning the Newbery Medal. I also agree that it is so beautifully written.

Posted by: leakyluvver Sep 22 2007, 06:59 PM

that book wuz SO AHMAZING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im gonna re-read it soon