Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Ratings16
Average rating4
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Ratings16
Average rating4
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
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A beautiful little book about a brave girl. The book highlights how the effects and consequence of the Second World War didn't finish with the dropping of the atomic bomb but indeed continued for many years after. Highly recommended.
This is such a sad but uplifting story. A must read for everyone.
Rating: 3.75 leaves out of 5Characters: 5/5 Cover: 5/5Story: 2.5/5Writing: 2.5/5Genre: Classic/ChildrenType: AudiobookWorth?: YESHated Disliked It Was Okay Liked LovedIs this going to be a pattern of kids' books making me tear up? Ugh, either way this story hits hard. I find it a little troubling that she wasn't 100 percent truthful in her writing. I think when you are talking about something like this you should but I think both endings are very tragic. In the original she does fold over 1,000 and still died which... hits hard because she did all she could and still loss the battle. In her version the meaning of her ending still hits as hard, that life will swift you away even if you aren't actually finished living.
