Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

By Eleanor Coerr

22 ratings 36 reviews 36 followers
Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
Grades 3 - 6Grades 2 - 5R4.15677
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.
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published on 6/18/2009
Binding: Paperback

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I loved this book. It's a true story, it's all about a little girl battling a sickness that she got when she was just a baby. Now it is effecting her as she gets older.

I loved this book. It was very sad but sweet. I thought she was going to heal!

This book is so sad i love it i felt like crying when i read it!!!

I gave this book is pretty good but was so sad, I couldnt belive that she died, I thought she would heal!

I really liked this book because it teaches us a lot of lessons, and even though it was sad I was surprised how brave Sadako was. I recommend this book.

the thousand crans represnt a very _____is better read in this book.When i found out what i was shocked this is better found out on your own.

Sadoka is such a passionate book. It is based on a true story. It made me devistated and no one should go through this.I had cried when reading this book.To this main character I would like to say rest in peace and may happiness you have.