Cynthia Kadohata

by Jill C. Wheeler

This biography introduces readers to Cynthia Kadohata, the Newbery Medal winning author of Kira-Kira. She is also the author of A Million Shades of Gray, Outside Beauty, Weedflower, Cracker The Best Dog in Vietnam, and other young adult and adult novels. Readers will learn about Kadohata's early life in the South, the influence of her Japanese heritage, her struggle to get short stories published in magazines, her switch to young adult fiction, and...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617835757
• ISBN13: 9781617835759
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Checkerboard Library
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.8" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6