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