CRACKER!
     The Best Dog in Vietnam
     "A stirring, realistic story of
    America’s war in Vietnam."
    --Starred Booklist Review
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       Spring 2007 Booksense Pick .
       Premier selection of           Junior Library Guild
       To be available on Listening Library
       Selection of Scholastic Book Fairs and          Scholastic Book Club

 Weedflower
 A story about a young girl's
 search for meaning.
 
  

        Kira-Kira means..."shining"    
        Winner of the 2005 Newbery Medal
        A story about the things you can change,         and the things you can't.
  

Reviews for Cracker!

Cynthia Kadohata gives the reader detailed descriptions of the dog training process, as well as a view of the dog handler/animal relationship. The scenes set in Vietnam provide a close-encounter type look that makes the reader feel part of the action.

Cracker is a book for anyone with a love and respect for the intelligence of animals and an interest in how they can interact with and serve humanity.
                                                                                                      Gold Star Review, Teensreadtoo.com

Kadohata has deftly intertwined a classic dog story with that of a soldier's by writing from both points of view, remarkably well....
                                                                                                                        Kirkus Reviews

Reviews for Weedflower:

Kadohata's spare, lovely images stayed in my head long after I turned the last page. And my 11-year-old was so entranced that she finished the book in a single sitting.
                                                                                                             Entertainment Weekly

"Kadohata writes beautifully and penetratingly about life on the margins of society and about the in-betweenness of immigrant life."
                                                                     Sonja Bolle, Los Angeles Times Book Review

Reviews for Kira-Kira:

Kira-Kira is heartbreaking, brilliant, and might as easily be read by a 41-year-old as a 14-year-old ....in works of literature for the young, the tragic and the comic forever travel hand in hand. Kira-Kira raises this mix to a level of highest art.                                                                                                                           Boston Globe

(In Kira-Kira) Kadohata stays true to the child's viewpoint in plain, beautiful prose that can barely contain the passionate feelings....heart wrenching.
                                                                                               ALA Booklist Starred Review

It's an unforgettable story, filled with memorable characters who find hope at the end of a very long road.
                                                                                                                 San Diego Union

Kira- Kira shares with the best of young-adult literature the ability to deal with complex emotions and relationships in deceptively simple ways. It was a deserving winner of this year's Newbery award.
                                                                                                               Houston Chronicle