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Sadako
Contributor(s): Coerr, Eleanor (Author), Young, Ed (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 0698115880     ISBN-13: 9780698115880
Publisher: Puffin Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 1997
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Annotation: Japanese legend holds that if a person who is ill makes a 1,000 paper cranes, the gods will grant that person's wish to be well again. Beautiful illustrations by Caldecott-medalist Ed Young enhance the story of Sadako, a young girl dying of leukemia as a result of the atom bombing of Hiroshima.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Military & Wars
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Death, Grief, Bereavement
Dewey: B
LCCN: 92041483
Age Level: 4-8
Grade Level: PreK-3
Lexile Measure: 660 AD (Adult Directed Text)
Physical Information: 0.13" H x 9.98" W x 7.96" L (0.37 lbs) 48 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1940's
- Chronological Period - 1950's
- Cultural Region - Japanese
- Topical - Death/Dying
- Cultural Region - Asian
- Ethnic Orientation - Asian
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Recycled Paper
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 9648
Reading Level: 3.8   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
In this reinvention of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, images by Caldecott medalist Ed Young and new text by Eleanor Coerr come together to inspire children of all ages.

In her novel Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, Eleanor Coerr told the moving story of Sadako and her brave struggle against leukemia, the "atom-bomb disease," which she developed when she was twelve, just ten years after the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.

The novel became a classic, and when Sadako's story was to be made into a film, Caldecott medalist Ed Young was asked to do the illustrations. With love and commitment, he created nearly 300 hauntingly beautiful pastels which bring to life the spirit of Sadako, her courage and her strength.

A masterful collaboration that will attract many new friends for Sadako.--School Library Journal

Coerr's condensed text succeeds in retaining the simple lyricism of the original, allowing the leukemia-stricken Sadako to emerge as a quietly courageous girl.--Publishers Weekly

 
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