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.

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.