num_pages: 244
description: My uncle was exactly one inch taller than my father. But his stomach was soft. We knew this because we hit him in it once the year before, and he yelped in pain and threatened to spank us. We got sent to bed without supper because my parents said hitting someone was the worst thing you could do. Stealing was second, and lying was third. Before I was twelve I would have commited all three of these crimes.
language: English
title: Kira-kira
titlecomplete: Kira-kira
characters: Lynn Takeshima, Auntie Fumi, Sammy Takeshima, Uncle Katsuhisa, Silly Kilgore, Katie Minnamino
genres: Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Coming Of Age, Historical Fiction, Historical, Death, Childrens, Young Adult, Family, Fiction
ratings_count: 26299
places: Georgia
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
category: Youth Literature
publisher: Scholastic