Sadako and the thousand paper cranes

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.

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Sadako and the thousand paper cranes

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.

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Sadako and the thousand paper cranes

Sadako and the thousand paper cranes

Sadako and the thousand paper cranes

Sadako and the thousand paper cranes

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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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780698118027
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date: 09/28/1987
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 80
Sales rank: 5,033
Product dimensions: 5.06(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.22(d)
Lexile: 630L (what's this?)
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

Table of Contents

Prologue7
1Good Luck Signs9
2Peace Day15
3Sadako's Secret21
4A Secret No Longer28
5The Golden Crane33
6Kenji40
7Hundreds of Wishes48
8Last Days52
9Racing With the Wind60
Epilogue64
About the Author and This Book65
How to Fold a Paper Crane69
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