I accidentally left my new favourite book in the Hotel during my trip to Hong Kong.....Sigh! was upset when I 1st found out it was lost.....I only finished 1st half of the book.
Anyway, it was a nice & simple book to read.....name as "Kira-kira" by Cynthia Kadohata. To those of my friends that like reading, I'm recommending this book to you all....hehe

(cover of the book)

Here's a preview or synopsis of the book.......
Katie Takeshima is about to enter kindergarten in the 1950s, when her parents close their Oriental foods grocery store in Iowa and move to Chesterfield, Georgia to work in a chicken hatchery. Uncle Kutsuhisa helps them move into a small apartment complex where other Japanese families live, and they begin a long struggle toward saving money to purchase a house of their own. The working conditions are almost intolerable at the hatchery, and the Takeshima children experience prejudices at school, but the small community of Japanese families band together and support one another in their daily lives. Because Mr. and Mrs. Takeshima work double shifts, Katie and her younger brother, Sammy, are left in the care of their older sister Lynn. Katie believes that Lynn is a "genius" and listens as her sister encourages her to look beyond tomorrow. But there is no tomorrow for Lynn. When she is fourteen, and Katie ten, Lynn becomes ill with lymphoma and ultimately dies. At this point, the Takeshima family almost falls apart, but Katie remembers Lynn's special way of looking at life, and finds a way to show her parents that there is always hope and something glittering - kira-kira in their future.

By the way....in the book says "kira-kira" means glittering in japanese.Happy Reading guys & girls.... ^_^