| Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Contributor(s): Coerr, Eleanor (Author), Himler, Ronald (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0698118022 ISBN-13: 9780698118027 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1987 Annotation: After several dizzy spells send Hiroshima-born Sadako to the doctor, the budding school track star finds out she has leukemia--known as the "atom bomb disease." But she faces life with spirit and bravery. And a legend says that if she folds 1,000 paper cranes, the gods will grant her wish to be healthy again. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Military & Wars - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Death, Grief, Bereavement |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00268856 |
| Lexile Measure: 690 |
| Physical Information: 0.21" H x 5.06" W x 7.96" (0.15 lbs) 80 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - Japanese - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 436 Reading Level: 4.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |