Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (Puffin Modern Classics)

It has been over thirty years since I read this book. I decided to purchase and reread it again today. This is the story of a young girl who was an infant when the United States dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima. So many people died. Worse yet were those who developed leukemia years later. Sadako was one of them. She loved to run. She had a dream of making the running team when she got to Junior High. Instead of running, she found herself in the hospital battling leukemia. Her best friend brought her a golden origami crane. She had made it based on the story they had been told about a person making a thousand paper cranes, then they will get well. I am sixty-six at this reading. I was so touched at the message in this book. It is a message of hope and never giving up. It is a message of reaching for your dreams. The author was inspired to write this story for the kids in America. She based it on the biography of Sadako's life written by her classmates and published. I enjoyed rereading this book so much that I will make sure that I have a copy on my shelves at school. I want to reintroduce one of the most inspirational books I have ever read to a new generation of students.

Love this story; reading it with my students and they're enjoying it.

Love it.

Short and heartfelt book. Arrived in great shape, very well packaged. In my opinion it is a perfect book for anyone ages 13 and over.

This was a hook for young people . It was quick and easy reading for an adult . It pulls you in and keeps you there. I liked the crane folding instructions at the end. As a doctor and a pharmacist I never thought about or realized the bombs of Hiroshima caused leukemia in children born when it fell and even in those born to mother’s who were alive for the bombing a generation before. How very sad it was to read from the perspective of one in my profession(s).

This is one I read during my childhood, and it never let me go. Based on the life of a real 10 year old girl, it tells her story as she is diagnosed with leukemia because of the bombing of Hiroshima. It's geared towards upper elementary/low middle school-age kids, but it still made me cry. Sadako tries to make 1000 paper cranes to appeal to the gods for healing, but doesn't make it. 😭 Such an important story to tell. War is not the answer. Lives like Sadako's matter. Peace will always be the answer and should always be the goal . 🕊

This story will stay with you long after you finish the book. It is easy enough for a child to read, but deep enough that an adult will be drawn into Sadako's innocence and her optimism and fear as she faces the worst. Heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time.

Muy bueno

昔家にあった「原爆の子」という本を思い出した。

bel libretto sulla storia delel mille gru di carta e di sasako. una storia commovente e umana. la leggenda delle mille gru di carta è bella e magica.

Einfach nur ein Klassiker.

Its good book

There is no better way to learn history than through stories. This book broke my heart in tiny little pieces and I loved it.