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Reviewer: Patrick B. '12

This story takes place in Hiroshima, Japan, ten years after the United States hit Hiroshima with the atom bomb during World War II. Sadako is born to run. She is a great runner and always has been. One day she finds out that she has leukemia. Sadako was one when the atom bomb hit Hiroshima, Japan, and she was exposed to radiation. Sadako's friend tells Sadako that if she makes one thousand paper cranes she will have one wish. Her wish is to live. Sadako never gets to finish making one thousand paper cranes, before she passes away. This book is based on a true story.

Spring 2005

Reviewer: Devon S. '12

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is a true story about a girl from Japan named Sadako. She has a disease and is going to die. Her friend tells her that if she folds a thousand paper cranes she will get better. Will she be able to fold enough cranes in time?

Spring 2005

This book is about a Japanese girl named Sadako who lived in Hiroshima.  She was a toddler when the atom bomb was dropped on her city.  The story tells us about her experience with illness, and what is was like to live in Japan during that time.  I would recommend this book because it is a good way to learn about Japanese people.

Fall 2002

Sadako Sasaki is two years old when an atom bomb is dropped on Hiroshima in Japan.  She gets leukemia from the radiation from the atom bomb.  Her friend Chizuko comes to visit her in the hospital  and tells her to make paper cranes.  When you make 1000, your wish will come true.  She only made 644 paper cranes before she died. 

I recommend this book to people who like to read true stories.  It is a sad book but very good.

Winter 2002/2003

This is a book about a girl named Sadako. After ten years, a disease hits her caused by an atom bomb that fell near where she lived. Her friend said, "If you fold 1,000 paper cranes, you will get better." But she only got to make six hundred forty-four before she died of leukemia. Her classmates folded the other three hundred fifty-six for her after she died. Now there is a monument of Sadako to remind people of her and her paper cranes.

I think this is a sad book. I have to admit that I cried. The last paragraph of the book is: "Life was slipping away from her, but the crane made Sadako feel strong."

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