Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Eleanor Coerr
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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.
Genres: Historical FictionChildrensFictionYoung AdultMiddle GradeClassicsJapanHistoricalSchoolRead For School
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