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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 09/01/1987
ISBN: 9780698118027
Pages: 79
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.06w x 0.21d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 436 / Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Reading Level: 4.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 1