Bibliograph

Sadako and the thousand paper cranes, Eleanor Coerr ; paintings by Ronald Himler

Type

Label

Sadako and the thousand paper cranes, Eleanor Coerr ; paintings by Ronald Himler

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sadako and the thousand paper cranes

Oclc number

55207594

Responsibility statement

Eleanor Coerr ; paintings by Ronald Himler

Series statement

Puffin modern classics

Summary

Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy

Table Of Contents

Good luck signs -- Peace Day -- Sadako's secret -- A secret no longer -- The Golden Crane -- Kenji -- Hundreds of wishes -- Last days -- Racing with the wind

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Sadako and the 1000 paper cranes

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