Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Author: Eleanor Coerr
Desc: Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team. And then the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia the "atom bomb disease " Sadako faces her future with spirit and bravery. Recalling a Japanese legend Sadako sets to work folding paper cranes. For the legend holds that if a sick person folds one thousand cranes the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again. Based on a true story Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the extraordinary courage that made one young woman a heroine in Japan.