Sadako and the thousand paper cranes /

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by Coerr, Eleanor.
[ 02. English Fiction ] Authors: Himler, Ronald. Published by : Putnam, (New York :) Physical details: 64 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subject(s): Sasaki, Sadako, --1943-1955 --Juvenile literature. | Sasaki, Sadako, --1943-1955. | Leukemia in children --Juvenile literature. | Atomic bomb --Physiological effect --Juvenile literature. | Hiroshima --Bombardment, 1945 --Juvenile literature. | Leukemia. | Atomic bomb --Physiological effect. | Hiroshima-shi (Japan) --Bombardment, 1945. | Death. Year : 1977 02. English Fiction Item type : 02. English Fiction
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East Wiltshire Intermediate School War Novels F COE Available

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.