This Literature/ Reading Guide is for the Newbery Medal winner book (2005) “ kira-kira” by Cynthia Kadohata. This study guide includes a setting and character mapping worksheet, information based and implied reading comprehension questions for the entire book, three (3) vocabulary worksheets*, and a reading comprehension test in essay format. (23 pages including the cover.) * The vocabulary worksheets are divided into 3 parts with words, page numbers (from the paperback edition), part of speech, and space to write in.

Lit./ Reading Guide for "kira-kira" by Cynthia Kadohata is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

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