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Sadako and the thousand paper cranes  Cover Image Book Book

Sadako and the thousand paper cranes / Eleanor Coerr ; paintings by Ronald Himler.

Coerr, Eleanor. (Author). Himler, Ronald, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0142401137
  • ISBN: 9780142401132
  • Physical Description: 80 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Puffin, 2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: New York : Putnam, 1977.
Formatted Contents Note:
Good luck signs -- Peace Day -- Sadako's secret -- A secret no longer -- The Golden Crane -- Kenji -- Hundreds of wishes -- Last days -- Racing with the wind.
Subject: Sasaki, Sadako, 1943-1955 > Juvenile literature.
Sasaki, Sadako, 1943-1955.
Leukemia in children > Juvenile literature.
Atomic bomb > Physiological effect > Juvenile literature.
Leukemia.
Atomic bomb > Physiological effect.
Death.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945 > Juvenile literature.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945.


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