The Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki
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Sadako Sasaki, a young girl of twelve, develops leukemia caused by exposure to the atom bomb dropped on her city of Hiroshima, Japan. Like many people in Japan, Sadako learns to fold origami cranes and believes that folding cranes might lead to the granting of a wish. Grade 4-12
Juvenile literatureBombing of HiroshimaAtomic warPaper cranesMemorialsAnti-war movementPeaceOrigamiOrigami in literatureOrigami for kidsLeukemiacollection:origami