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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Paperback - 1987

by Eleanor Coerr; Ronald Himler (Illustrator)

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.


Summary

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.

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  • Title Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
  • Author Eleanor Coerr; Ronald Himler (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reissue
  • Pages 80
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Puffin Books, New York
  • Date 1987-09-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780698118027 / 0698118022
  • Weight 0.15 lbs (0.07 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.96 x 5.06 x 0.21 in (20.22 x 12.85 x 0.53 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 690
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 1950's
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
    • Topical: Death/Dying
  • Library of Congress subjects Death, Leukemia in children
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00268856
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Eleanor Coerr was born in Kamsack, Saskatchewan, Canada, and grew up in Saskatoon. Two of her favorite childhood hobbies were reading and making up stories. Eleanor began her professional life as a newspaper reporter and editor of a column for children. Luckily, she traveled to Japan in 1949 as a writer for the Ottawa Journal, since none of the other staff wanted to go to a country that had been devastated by war. Coerr is the writer of numerous children's book and picture books.

Born in Cleveland Ohio, renowned illustrator Ronald Himler attended the Cleveland Institute of Art, where he majored in painting and illustration. Himler's primary focus is children's books, but he's also gained quite a following in regards to his more mature work. Ron has earned many awards over the course of his career, including the prestigous Society of Illustrators Silver Medal for the cover of Red Cap.

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