Sadako

Author: Eleanor Coerr

Japanese legend holds that if a person who is ill makes a 1,000 paper cranes, the gods will grant that person's wish to be well again. Beautiful illustrations by Caldecott-medalist Ed Young enhance the story of Sadako, a young girl dying of leukemia as a result of the atom bombing of Hiroshima.

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Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, Sadako races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes. Legend says this will make a sick person healthy.

About the Author

Eleanor Coerr is the author of many books for young readers, including "The Big Baloon Race, "a Reading Rainbow book, "Chang's Paper Pony", and "The Josefina Story Quilt", a Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies.