Kira - Kira

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Kira- Kira is about a Japanese family that moves from a Japanese community in Iowa to deep South in Georgia. Katie is the youngest of two daughters. Her sisters name is Lynn. Lynn teaches everything to Katie. Lynn tells Katie that they're moving, she tells her why no-one will want to talk to her at her new school and other important things she needs to know. Lynn is very smart and knows so much. Katie and her sister are like best friends. Katie looks up to Lynn. But when Lynn becomes very ill, Katie has to find a way to remind her family that there is always something glittering in the future.

Kira- Kira means glittering; shinning. Katie describes the sky as Kira- Kira because of its color is deep yet see-through. She also describes the sea and people's eyes as Kira-Kira. Kira-Kira is the first word that Katie said.


I think that this is a very good book, but its very easy to read. I liked part when Katie and her sister wish for some selfish things then unselfish things at night. I disliked the part when the mean lady made the family sleep in the back room because they were a different race, but that's how things where back then. I can relate to the part when her stuffed animal Bera Bera talks to her because I have a stuffed animal that is very important to me too.


Characters:
Katie is the little sister, and she has just started 1st grade. She cries very often because that's just the kind of person she is. She loves her sister so much and is always ready to play with her.
Lynn is Katie's older sister. She is very smart and Katie thinks of her as a genius. I think she is like Ursula because they both tried to read the dictionary once and likes to read the encyclopedia.
The dad very hard as in he is very strong and has a hard stomach. He loves his children and will mess around with them when he thinks it apropiate.
Their mom is a very fragile woman and dislikes when things are to wild. She dislikes a number of things as well.
Uncle Katsuhisa is kinda odd to me. He thinks he's great at chess but every time he challenges Lynn to a game, he always looses. He also like to spit. He's very good at spiting and once tried to teach the girls how to do it as well as he could.

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My Sisters Keeper #2

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So, I started off this time from the second time Anna narrates the story. It starts off in the hospital and then her mother gets the papers about Anna sewing her and her husband. The papaers say, The State of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations, on the top, then, Family Court For Providence Country. In RE. Anna Fitzgerald, A.K.A. Jane Doe. Petition For Medical Emancipation. Then it goes on with Kate telling Anna that if she doesn't want to be her sister than that's one thing but she doesn't want to lose her as a friend. Also, Anna's parents think she's sewing them so she can get attention. Then it goes on to Sara narrating the story. It goes back to 1990 when Kate is being diagnosed with APL and what all will happen. They test Jesse to see if he's a match for an allogeneic transplant. He's not. So then Kate goes through Chemo. She gets sick one day and her parents take her to the ER. When the parents are sitting in Kate's room, Sara comes up with a plan. She wants to have another baby.

I think that in the next section that Sara narrates, she will talk about how the doctors made it possible a.k.a. the procedure, for one of their eggs to be a match for Kate. Also, during the next time Anna narrates, I think she will talk about what has happened in her life with all this drama going on. I saw that next is narrated by Campbell and I think that him and Anna will talk about what to do about the situation and see if she still wants to continue with it. When Brian narrates the story again I think he will give his opinion about the sewing and stuff.

Here are some of my opinions on things. I think that Anna has a right to make decisions on whether or not she wants to donate to her sister or not. But I also think that she should donate to her sister since she loves her and that she shouldn't want her sister to die. This is a very moving and inspirational book. It lets you know how people feel when they go through this kind of thing. Also, what they go through every day.

My Sister's Keeper

Spoiler Alert?? I'm not quite sure if this spoils anything.

Ok, so now I'm reading My Sister's Keeper. It's really good so far! Here's the summary.

My Sister's Keeper is about a family that has a child named Kate with APL, which is a type of leukemia, and another daughter named Anna who they use to give Kate transplants, bone marrow, and so on. Anna's parents still over her though. Now Anna is beginning to wonder who she truly is. She has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions and shots. Anna has found a lawyer named Mr. Campbell. She wants to sew her parents for the rights of her own body. Without Anna to give Kate a kidney, Kate will die.

I think that overall, so far this book is very good. I really like how it's narrated. At first it was kinda confusing for me to understand but I got used to it easily. I think that the author made a good decision about how to narrate the book. The book is narrated in first person but every chapter it switches off from who's narrating the story and whats going on from their point of view. If their was anything I could change about this book, it would be having Kate narrate a few chapters.