Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
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| Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes | |
 Sadako and the thousand paper cranes |
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| Author | Eleanor Coerr |
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| Original title | サダコと千羽鶴 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Historical fiction |
| Publisher | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| Publication date | 1977 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 80 |
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is a historical fiction novel written by American author Eleanor Coerr and published in 1977.
The story is of a Japanese girl, Sadako Sasaki, who lived in Hiroshima at the time of the atomic bombing. She developed leukemia from the radiation and spent her time in a hospital folding paper cranes in hope of making a thousand, which supposedly would have allowed her to make one wish, which was to live.
The book has been translated to many languages and published in many places, to be used for peace education programs in primary schools.
[edit] See also
- Sadako Sasaki
- Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
- Thousand origami cranes
- Children's Peace Monument
- The Day of the Bomb - 1961
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