Movie Poster of Kira-Kira Storyboard
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Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
By Liane Hicks
Kira-Kira is about a Japanese American family living in Georgia in the 1950s. The story is told through the eyes of young Katie, full of wonder and mischief, who adores her older sister Lynn. Their parents work in a poultry processing plant and the reader is given a glimpse into the unjust working conditions of the time as well as the racism Katie and her family faced as one of only a few Japanese American families in town.
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Storyboard Description
Students can create a movie poster for Kira-Kira to demonstrate how well they understand the main themes and atmosphere of a story.
Storyboard Text
- Kira-Kira
- Kira-Kira
- Cynthia Kadohata's award winning novel is now a major motion picture!Kira-Kira is the powerful story about the bonds of sisterhood and a family's perseverance against all obstacles. The Takeshima family, one of only a handful of Japanese American families living in a small town in Georgia in the 1950s endure economic hardship, unjust working conditions, racism and tragedy. Yet, through it all their love, hope and faith in one another carry them through.
- "My sister had taught me to look at the world that way, as a place that glitters, as a place where the calls of the crickets and the crows and the wind are everyday occurrences that also happen to be magic."
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