Quote by: Cynthia Kadohata

I cried and cried. But then I had to stop. One thing about me was that when I was having a serious wish session, I tried never to wish impossible wishes. I might have wished for sixteen crayons instead of eight, but even when I was little, I never wished for a thousand crayons, because I knew a thousand different crayons did not exist. So on that forty-ninth day I did not wish Lynn could be alive again, because I knew she was gone.


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Author Bio


  • NameCynthia Kadohata
  • DescriptionJapanese-American children's writer
  • BornJuly 2, 1956
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksKira-Kira
  • AwardsNewbery Medal