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Cynthia Kadohata

Cynthia Kadohata is the author of the Newbery Medal-winning book Kira-Kira, the Jane Addams Peace Award and Pen USA Award winner Weedflower, Cracker!, Outside Beauty and several critically acclaimed adult novels, including The Floating World. She has published numerous short stories in such literary journals as the New Yorker, Ploughshares, Grand Street, and the Mississippi Review. She lives with her son and dog in West Covina, California.

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Books for the boys
Trinidad Guardian, August 3, 2009
...book, the Gunslinger takes on the mysterious man in black. 5. Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata: This is the story of Cracker, a German shepherd who becomes a working dog for the army. Cracker?s job is to find explosives. There?s...
Great books inspire kids to be themselves
Lehigh Valley Express-Times, June 25, 2009
...this week: 'Because of Winn-Dixie' by Kate DiCamillo, 'Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale' by Mo Willems, 'Kira-Kira' by Cynthia Kadohata Books to buy The following books are available at favorite bookstores. 'Silly Tilly' by Eileen Spinelli, illustrated...
Inspiring books for the holiday season
Appeal-Democrat.com, December 4, 2008
...this week: 'Winter's Gift' by Jane Monroe Donovan; 'Stanley's Party' by Linda Bailey; 'Kira Kira' by Cynthia Kadohata Books to buy The following books are available at your favorite bookstores. ? 'The Paper Bag Christmas' by Kevin Alan Milne, Center...
Books that move you
Readers, October 15, 2009
...as you expect, but at some point it is sad and i really love it :D Kira-Kira - Cynthia Kadohata an amazingly moving and sad story of a struggling family D: Twenty-four Eyes - Sakae Tsuboi a story of students in the time of war The Time Traveler's...
Cynsational News & Giveaways
Cynsations, September 25, 2009
...Brian , Ellen Hopkins , Lisa McMann , L.J. Smith , Scott Westerfeld and more!" See also Noni Carter , Jenny Han , Cynthia Kadohata , Nessha Meminger , Lisa Schroeder , Elizabeth Scott , Jessica Verday , and the whole list! "And Stay Out of Trouble:...
Reading Through Asia: Vietnam
Semicolon, August 12, 2009
...in understanding Vietnamese culture and interactions: Goodbye, Vietnam by Gloria Whelan. Cracker: The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata. Semicolon review here. When Heaven Fell by Carolyn Marsden. Semicolon review here. Fallen Angels by Walter...
The Badass Librarians of '46
Collecting Children's Books, June 10, 2009
...history, from memoirs (FAREWELL TO MANZANAR by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston) to novels (WEEDFLOWER by Cynthia Kadohata; BASEBALL SAVED US by Ken Mochizuki) to nonfiction (THE CHILDREN OF TOPAZ by Michael O. Tunnell and George W....
Audiobook Challenge Complete!
1morechapter.com, May 7, 2009
...Clayton Dear Mr. Henshaw  by Beverly Cleary A Single Shard   by Linda Sue Park Kira Kira  by Cynthia Kadohata Summer of the Swans  by Betsy Byars Call It Courage  by Armstrong Sperry Finn  by Jon Clinch In the Company of Cheerful Ladies  by...
An After-Fool's Day Brunch
Collecting Children's Books, April 6, 2009
...of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (1959) FLORIDA Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski (1946) GEORGIA Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (2005) ILLINOIS A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck (2001) KANSAS Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (1986)...
An After-Fool's Day Brunch
Collecting Children's Books, April 5, 2009
...of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (1959) FLORIDA Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski (1946) GEORGIA Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (2005) ILLINOIS A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck (2001) KANSAS Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (1986)...
Blogging & Reading Review for March
Maw Books Blog, April 2, 2009
...of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata, Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis, Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata, Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo, Parvana’s Journey...
Elizabeth Alexander on Barack Obama --- Poetry and Obama's Respect for the Power of Language
You Are Here, January 14, 2009
...with Obama and his eldest daughter, who was holding a copy of her current reading, a book by Cynthia Kadohata . I am pleased for Graywolf Press (the home of Linda Gregg and Jane Jeong Trenka , among my favorite writers)--- Graywolf will be publishing the...
10th Anniversary Feature: Cynthia Leitich Smith
Cynsations, December 31, 2008
...but also for their literary merit. For example, ten years ago, Christopher Paul Curtis , Linda Sue Park , and Cynthia Kadohata had not (yet) won a Newbery award. How diverse was the list of winners in 1998? Significantly less so than it is today. How has...