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Kira-Kira
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Further Reading & Resources
Further Reading: Literature
The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata (2013)
This National Book Award winning novel for young adults touches on many of the same themes as Kira-Kira, including a young, female protagonist coming of age and coping with family demands.
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (2019)
This classic coming-of-age novel about four very distinct yet bonded sisters, one of whom dies, has many themes in common with the story of the sisters in Kira-Kira.
- Little Women on SuperSummary
Further Reading: Beyond Literature (Nonfiction)
They Called Us Enemy, by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott (2019)
This is a mid-grade level memoir about a Japanese American boy living in an internment camp during World War II.
- They Called us Enemy on SuperSummary
An Hour Before Daylight, by Jimmy Carter (2002)
This memoir of the former President’s life as a boy growing up in rural Georgia reflects many of the same working conditions faced by the workers in Kira-Kira.
Video & Podcast Resources
“Poultry Medicine: How to Determine the Sex of a Baby Chick Using the Feather Method”
This video demonstrates one of the half-dozen different ways to decide the sex of a chicken, something poultry sexers must do up to 1000 times an hour.
“Meet the Author: Cynthia Kadohata”
Interviewed for public television, Kadohata discusses her motivation and the experience of writing Kira-Kira and other titles and responds to questions by middle schoolers.
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