![]() ![]() ![]() More books from this author: Cynthia Kadohata. Y’Tin’s inner conflicts and changing perception of the world will haunt readers. Kira-Kira By Cynthia Kadohata Trade Paperback LIST PRICE 8.99 PRICE MAY VARY BY RETAILER Get a FREE ebook by joining our mailing list today Plus, receive recommendations and exclusive offers on all of your favorite books and authors from Simon & Schuster. As the days go by, he becomes angrier and less trusting, wondering “if he would ever feel safe again or if safety was gone from his life forever.” Illustrating the wisdom of Y’Tin’s father’s words-“The jungle changes a man”-Kadohata delves deep into the soul of her protagonist while making a faraway place and the stark consequences of war seem very near. ![]() Y’Tin manages to escape into the jungle with a friend, where he reunites with Lady, but separated from family and friends, his thoughts grow dark. His hopes vanish when North Vietnamese soldiers devastate his small village (Y’Tin helps dig a mass grave at one point). It’s on his pet elephant, Lady, and his dreams of opening an elephant-training school. 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. After American troops leave his village, Y’Tin, his family, and his neighbors are left to fend off their enemies themselves. ) shows that truth has as many shades of gray as an elephant in this emotionally taut survival story, set in war-torn South Vietnam. ![]()
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