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  <name><![CDATA[Cynthia Kadohata]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Cynthia Kadohata is a Japanese American writer known for writing coming of age stories about Asian American women. 

She spent her early childhood in the South; both her first adult novel and first children's novel take place in Southern states. Her first adult novel was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. 

Her first children's book, &lt;i&gt;Kira-Kira&lt;/i&gt;, won the 2005 Newbery Medal. Her first published short story appeared in &lt;i&gt;The New Yorker&lt;/i&gt; in 1986.]]></about>    <gender>female</gender>  <hometown>Chicago, Illinois</hometown>  <born_at>01/01/1956</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Kira-Kira]]></title>
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  <published>2004</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Weedflower]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Cynthia Kadohata]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Cynthia Kadohata]]></name>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Outside Beauty]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Cynthia Kadohata]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[In the Heart of the Valley of Love]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Cynthia Kadohata]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Floating World]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Cynthia Kadohata]]></name>
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  <published>1989</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Kira-Kira]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Cynthia Kadohata]]></name>
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  <published>2005</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Cracker!  The Best Dog in Vietnam]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Cynthia Kadohata]]></name>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[A Million Shades of Gray]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Cynthia Kadohata]]></name>
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  <published>2009</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[American Eyes : New Asian-American Short Stories for Young Adults (Edge Books)]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Cynthia Kadohata]]></name>
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  <published>1994</published>  
  
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