Goodreads synopsis: kira-kira (kee ra kee ra): glittering; shining Glittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is kira-kira for the same reason and so are people's eyes. When Katie and her family move from a Japanese community in Iowa to the Deep South of Georgia, it's Lynn who explains to her why people stop on the street to stare, and it's Lynn who, with her special way of viewing the world, teaches Katie to look beyond tomorrow, but when Lynn becomes desperately ill, and the whole family begins to fall apart, it is up to Katie to find a way to remind them all that there is always something glittering -- kira-kira -- in the future.
My rating: 4 stars.
Content warnings: PG. A character wonders what it takes to make a baby. Girls discuss French kissing. Someone innocently spells "sperm" in a game of Scrabble. A character gets caught in an animal trap and is injured (very little blood). Another character vandalizes someone's car. There's a mention of dead chicks, and accidentally breaking their necks.
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Thoughts: I laughed a lot reading this again. Katie's voice is so sweet, and her perspective on the world is really fun. She's clever in her own right, and her way of looking at the world and explaining it is one I kinda wish I had more of.
It takes a lot to make me cry, but I teared up near the end. It hurts a lot, and it's not entirely easy to read. But it is raw and real, and in the end there is hope. Which is all I ever ask for.
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