num_pages: 48
description: In this picture book adaptation of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, new text by Eleanor Coerr comes together with illustrations by Ed Young.The story of Sadako and her brave struggle against leukemia, the "atom-bomb disease," which she developed when she was twelve, just ten years after the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
language: English
title: Sadako
titlecomplete: Sadako
genres: Middle Grade, Read For School, Historical Fiction, Historical, Childrens, School, Young Adult, Japan, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 26322
places: Japan, Hiroshima
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA)
category: Younger Readers, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: کتاب برگزیده سال وزارت ارشاد اسلامی ایران
category: مقطع سنی نوجوانان
publisher: Puffin Books