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Title:
Sadako and the thousand paper cranes
JLCTITLE245:
by Eleanor Coerr ; paintings by Ronald Himler.
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Publication Information:
New York : Putnam, ©1977.
Physical Description:
64 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780399205200

9780399610103

9780399237997

9780698118027

9780142401132

9780329633868
Abstract:
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.
Reading Level:
630 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 4.1 1 Quiz 436 English non-fiction, vocabulary quiz available.
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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.
Chronological Term:
1945
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