Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (Puffin Modern Classics)
Book Details
Author(s)
Eleanor Coerr
Publisher
Penguin USA
ISBN / ASIN
0142401137
ISBN-13
9780142401132
Availability
Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Sales Rank
#12,229
Category
Juvenile Fiction
Marketplace
India 🇮🇳
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Description
An extraordinary book, one no reader will fail to find compelling and unforgettable. Booklist, starred review
The star of her school s running team, Sadako is lively and athletic until the dizzy spells start. Then she must face the hardest race of her life the race against time. Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the courage that makes one young woman a heroine in Japan.
"[The] story speaks directly to young readers of the tragedy of Sadako's death and, in its simplicity, makes a universal statement for 'peace in the world. The Horn Book "The story is told tenderly but with neither a morbid nor a sentimental tone: it is direct and touching." BCCB
The star of her school s running team, Sadako is lively and athletic until the dizzy spells start. Then she must face the hardest race of her life the race against time. Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the courage that makes one young woman a heroine in Japan.
"[The] story speaks directly to young readers of the tragedy of Sadako's death and, in its simplicity, makes a universal statement for 'peace in the world. The Horn Book "The story is told tenderly but with neither a morbid nor a sentimental tone: it is direct and touching." BCCB
