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

Description

Main Author

Coerr, Eleanor.

Related Names

Himler, Ronald, ill.

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : Putnam, [1999?]

Subjects

Sasaki, Sadako, > Sasaki, Sadako, / 1943-1955.
Sasaki, Sadako, > Sasaki, Sadako, / 1943-1955 > Sasaki, Sadako, / 1943-1955 / Juvenile literature.
Death.
Atomic bomb > Atomic bomb / Physiological effect.
Leukemia.
Atomic bomb > Atomic bomb / Physiological effect > Atomic bomb / Physiological effect / Juvenile literature.
Leukemia in children > Leukemia in children / Juvenile literature.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > Hiroshima-shi (Japan) / History > Hiroshima-shi (Japan) / History / Bombardment, 1945.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > Hiroshima-shi (Japan) / History > Hiroshima-shi (Japan) / History / Bombardment, 1945 > Hiroshima-shi (Japan) / History / Bombardment, 1945 / Juvenile literature.

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.

Note

Includes a section on "How to fold a paper crane."

Physical Description

80 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

ISBN

0399237992

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