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Kira-Kira Study Guide & Plot Synopsis

This Study Guide consists of approximately 84 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Kira-Kira.
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Kira-Kira Summary & Study Guide Description

Kira-Kira Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:

This detailed literature summary also contains Further Reading and a Free Quiz on Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata.

Kira-Kira Plot Summary

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Kira-Kira is a novel about a young Japanese girl, Katie Takeshima, growing up in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Though she lives in a volatile time, she is oblivious to everything around her except the security of her family's love. That cocoon of love is slowly shattered, however, beginning with a move that takes her family from the familiar cornfields of Iowa to Georgia.

At five, Katie believes Georgia is a foreign land where everyone speaks with such a strong southern accent that she will never be able to understand a word they have to say. Imagine her surprise when, within a few short months, she finds herself speaking with that same thick accent as though she had been born there.

Life is much different in Georgia for Katie and her family. In order to save for a home of their own, Katie's parents must work long, hard hours....
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This section contains 1,441 words
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