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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

by Eleanor Coerr

1977 64 pages eng ★ 4.7 (30 ratings)

Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team. And then the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the "atom bomb disease," Sadako faces her future with spirit and bravery. Recalling a Japanese legend, Sadako sets to work folding paper cranes. For t…

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