Sadako and the thousand paper cranes
By: by Eleanor Coerr ; paintings by Ronald Himler
Contributors: Himler, Ronald, ill
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
ISBN-13: 9780439168243
Copyright date: 1977
Subjects: Physiological effect; Atomic bomb; Death; Leukemia; History
Description: 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: title: Good luck signs; title: Peace Day; title: Sadako's secret; title: A secret no longer; title: The Golden Crane; title: Kenji; title: Hundreds of wishes; title: Last days; title: Racing with the wind.