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Sadako and the thousand paper cranes Author: For twenty-five years, middle-grade readers have been moved by this telling of Sadako Sasaki's spirited battle with leukemia. She was two-years-old when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima at the end of World War II, and dizzy spells began when she was twelve. She faced the disease with an irrepressible spirit and focused her energy (and that... more »
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Michelle P. (SouthernChelz) reviewed Sadako and the thousand paper cranes on + 216 more book reviews
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This is a great book. My children were really interested in reading more about the bombing of Japan when were through. We are doing a WWII unit study so this fit right in with our book list. They have a section in the back that gives instructions for making origami cranes.
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A story that will raise lots of questions in the minds of young readers. The answering of them will help adults understand, too.
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Sadako, Sasaki, 1943-1955 (Primary Character)
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