Author

Contributions

  • Ronald Himler (Illustrator) - Contributor

Publication

2004-04-12 - Puffin

Language

English

Word Count

6,820 words, Based on audiobook length

Page Count

80 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100142401137
  • ISBN-139780142401132
  • OCLC Control Number55207594
  • Better World Books9780142401132
  • Open LibraryOL7360584M

Classifications

  • LCCRJ416.L4C63
  • DDC362.1/9699419/0092
  • LCCRJ416.L4 C63 1993

Description

Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team. And then the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the "atom bomb disease," Sadako faces her future with spirit and bravery. Recalling a Japanese legend, Sadako sets to work folding paper cranes. For the legend holds that if a sick person folds one thousand cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again. Based on a true story, *Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes* celebrates the extraordinary courage that made one young woman a heroine in Japan

First Sentence

Sadako was born to be a runner.

Excerpt

Sadako was born to be a runner.

Excerpt

One morning in August 1954, Sadako Sasaki looked up at the blue sky over Hiroshima and saw not a cloud in the sky.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Puffin Modern Classics

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