Cynthia Kadohata

(1956) Writer United States

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Cynthia Kadohata is a writer from the United States, best known for The Glass Mountains.

Quick Facts About Cynthia Kadohata

Born: July 2, 1956
Nationality: United States
Profession: Writer
Notable works: The Glass Mountains
Known for: Kira-Kira

About Cynthia Kadohata

Cynthia Kadohata is a Japanese American children's writer best known for her young adult novel Kira-Kira which won the Newbery Medal in 2005. She won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2013 for The Thing About Luck.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Newbery Medal National Book Award for Young People's Literature Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature

Quotes by Cynthia Kadohata · Page 2

At the time I was writing 'Weedflower,' my friend Naomi Hirahara was writing a book about Japanese-American flower farmers. She knew quite…

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“I watched a swatch of the sky turn red. The red spread like blood in the sea: red, red, red, and then…

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Living room

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you could see the roads crisscrossing over the fields. When cars went by, far away, the beams were so bright they seemed…

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Beam

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“Sometime it very inconvenient to tell the truth.”

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Truth

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“Suddenly, Mr. Parker’s shoulders drooped and he gave up, mumbling, “Happy wife, happy life.”

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Happiness

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“I cried and cried. But then I had to stop. One thing about me was that when I was having a serious…

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Wishes

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I hate thinking about writer's block! I don't have writer's block much, knock on wood, but if I do, I think it's…

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