Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

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

subjects: Fiction,  Historical Fiction,  Juvenile Fiction,  Leukemia,  Atomic bomb,  Death,  Bombas atómicas,  Efectos fisiológicos,  Physiological effects,  Historia,  History,  Literatura juvenil,  Leucemia,  Leukemia in children,  Muerte,  Physiological effect,  Foreign Language Study - Spanish,  Children's 12-Up - Fiction - History,  Spanish: Grades 4-7,  Accelerated Reader,  Accelerated Reader - 4.7,  Psychological effect,  Origami,  Origami in literature,  collection:origami,  Leukemia, juvenile literature,  Atomic bomb, juvenile literature,  Atomic bomb, physiological effect,  Hiroshima-shi (japan),  Juvenile literature,  Children's fiction,  Children, fiction,  Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi (Japan : 1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01352071 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01352071

People: Sadako Sasaki (1943-1955)

Places: Hiroshima (Japan),  Hiroshima (Japón)

Times: 1945