Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata

Author:Cynthia Kadohata [Kadohata, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Tags: Social Issues, Asian American, Family, Juvenile Fiction, United States, Siblings, People & Places, Death & Dying
ISBN: 9781417769179
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Published: 2004-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

"Where did you learn that word?" said Auntie Fumi.

"From Dad."

Uncle Katsuhisa didn't speak, but he turned red. He said, "It's a legal word, that's the important thing for our purposes."

Auntie glared at him. The phone rang, and she went to get it. Nobody moved while she talked. When she was finished talking, she walked back into the living room and just stood there. Then she burst into tears and ran out of the room. We all stared after her. Uncle got up slowly and left the room. In a moment we heard him and Auntie talking.

Then it got very quiet in the other room. I cleaned up the Scrabble game. David, Daniel, Sammy, and I just sat around doing nothing, which was about as boring as it sounds. Finally, David and I snuck into the hallway to peek at what Uncle and Auntie were doing. They were in the kitchen, and the radio was playing softly. They were holding each other very tightly. They weren't dancing exactly, but just stepping back and forth in time to the music. I could tell it made David happy to see them like that, even though it embarrassed him because it was kind of goofy.

I had to interrupt their dancing to ask, "Auntie, was that my parents?"

She and my uncle stopped dancing. "Yes, it was your mother," she said. "She told me to tell you ... to tell you that everything is okay. Don't worry, sweetheart. She told me to tell you that."

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