Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Title
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Subject
Leukemia in children -- Juvenile literature. Sasaki, Sadako, -- 1943-1955 -- Juvenile literature. Atomic bomb -- Physiological effect -- Juvenile literature. Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Juvenile literature. Leukemia. Sasaki, Sadako, -- 1943-1955. Atomic bomb -- Physiological effect. Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945. Death.
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.
Creator
Coerr, Eleanor
Publisher
Dell Publishing Co.
Date
1977
Type
RJ416 .L4 C63
Identifier
2003.500.463