Well I hope you like my opinion on Kira-Kira. One of the weakness when Lynn had a friend and had no time for Katie. One strength of the book is when Katie and Lynn tried to help their parent save up money. This book reminds me of when I was learning about Human rights. The bad part about it was it was predictable. In conclusion I like the book Kira-Kira and I give it a 4 out of 5. I learned how hard it was to grow up in the 1950’s Lynn kept on fighting until she couldn’t handle it. In the story the protagonist learned not to give up. In Kira-Kira the resolution was they had to deal with being treated differently. When they are getting a hotel room the lady was just being mean to them because they were Japanese. In Kira-Kira they are being treated differently. When Katie’s mom is working she took care of her brother. Katie is a helping bigger sister to her brother Sammy.

Lynn is smart and nice and thinks everything is beautiful.

The book takes place in the 1950’s in Georgia right after the war, so they are treated differently because they are Japanese. Kira-Kira is a beautiful piece of writing. I love how it is from the perspective of a nine year old because it shows us what life growing up in that time was like for her The author Cynthia Kadohata did an amazing job on this book. Have you ever been treated differently because of your heritage? Did your best friend/sister die when you were young? In this book a little girl named Katie goes through all of this. Instead, I was glad the book was finally over. The ending could have also wrung some sadness out of me had I any interest or emotional attachment to the characters. The author probably excels at writing adults, and I'm interested in reading a book from that POV. Children don't think in those terms, wouldn't use those words, and don't describe things like that. The book lacks coherency until the character hits her teen years, and the tone is all wrong for a child. The author starts the book by writing in the first-person POV of a young child and does miserably at it. They alternate between being Big Lipped Alligator Moments (credit goes to Nostalgia Chick for the term) and Roads to Nowhere (credit goes to Das Mervin of Das Sporking for the term). There are over a dozen subplots in this novel, and only one is ever explored for more than two pages. This could have been a heartbreaking drama, but the author padded her word count, detracted from plot in an attempt to set up more bland setting and uninteresting-everything. The author has an astonishing ability to make interesting settings, time periods and concepts completely boring. I am seeking out other works of the author because -this- was her debut into middle-grade fiction, and I want to read other works in case she was simply out of her depth with this. It is with a heavy heart that I write the following review.

Kira kira by cynthia kadohata