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

Published New York : Dell, 1977

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB CRC	952.195 COE-S		AVAILABLE

Description 64 pages : illustrations Series Yearling book Yearling book. Contents Good luck signs -- Peace Day -- Sadako's secret -- A secret no longer -- The Golden Crane -- Kenji -- Hundreds of wishes -- Last days -- Racing with the wind 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 Notes "A Yearling book." "RL: 5.0 -- p. [4] of cover." Subject Sasaki, Sadako, 1943-1955 -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT Sasaki, Sadako, 1943-1955. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91004639 Subject Atomic bomb -- Physiological effect -- Juvenile literature. Leukemia in children -- Juvenile literature. Terminally ill children -- Juvenile literature. Atomic bomb -- Physiological effect. Death. Leukemia. SUBJECT Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95003738 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674 Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95003738 Genre/Form Fiction. Author Himler, Ronald. ISBN 0440474655

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