One Thousand Paper Cranes: The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue
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Book Info
Author
Takayuki, Ishii
Word Count
28,000 words
based on page count
Pages
112 pages
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Edition Publisher
Laurel Leaf
Edition Publish Date
2001-01-09
Identifiers
ISBN-10: 0440228433
ISBN-13: 9780440228431
Description
The inspirational story of the Japanese national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue honoring Sadako and hundreds of other children who died as a result of the bombing of Hiroshima.
Ten years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki died as a result of atomic bomb disease. Sadako's determination to fold one thousand paper cranes and her courageous struggle with her illness inspired her classmates. After her death, they started a national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue to remember Sadako and the many other children who were victims of the Hiroshima bombing. On top of the statue is a girl holding a large crane in her outstretched arms. Today in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, this statue of Sadako is beautifully decorated with thousands of paper cranes given by people throughout the world.
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