kira-kira by Cynthia Kadohata

This book is about two sisters, and a family who moves from Iowa, to the Deep South of Georgia because of their fathers job. Lynn the older sister has her own way of viewing the world who teaches her younger sister, Katie, to look beyond tomorrow. Lynn is the one always explaining, that there is a always a reason. Glittering, is how she makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira, the colour is deep but also see-through. The sea is for the same reason.

Soon in the book, their family finds out that Lynn, becomes desperately ill and the whole family starts to fall apart. Now it is up to Katie to remind the others that there is always something that is glittering (kira-kira) in the future, and it makes everything worth seeing and remembering.

What I liked about this book is that, their family was always there to help Lynn and to support her, when she was ill, and that it was like nothing could break them apart. This book makes readers see the world a little more different in what they thought it was like. It is a book of family, friendship and love; trusting other people.