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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
inspiring
Was able to read this to my fifth graders in one sitting while they made paper cranes and then we watched videos about the atomic bombing of Japan. Very engaging.
"This is our cry, this is our prayer; peace in the world."
A beautiful and a sad true story about a little girl whose chance to live was stolen from her due to the unconscience of mankind. Sadako's life was short but it had such an impact on the world but unfortunately, not enough when you see what is happening today. I was really touched by this book and I just hope for peace in this crazy world.
I wish to find a copy of Kokeshi, Sadako’s own autobiography.
At the end, you can learn to make the origami of a crane.
A beautiful and a sad true story about a little girl whose chance to live was stolen from her due to the unconscience of mankind. Sadako's life was short but it had such an impact on the world but unfortunately, not enough when you see what is happening today. I was really touched by this book and I just hope for peace in this crazy world.
I wish to find a copy of Kokeshi, Sadako’s own autobiography.
At the end, you can learn to make the origami of a crane.
The fact that my elementary school was reading this 9-year-olds is kinda F'd up. I can barely handle how sad this is at 23.
So we have these stations placed around the college with papers and a box to put in paper cranes we're incited to make, and a few copies of the book on the side to borrow. I picked one up today during one of my breaks and I'm surprised at how such a short, easy read could leave a lump in my chest when I was done. (Being critical here, for argument's sake - I've read way more impactful stories and based off of talk surrounding this book I was expecting something a bit more groundbreaking? But I did find my reading experience valuable nonetheless.)
There is something remarkably pure about Sadako, perhaps her character pulls to readers' heartstrings because her childhood innocence is something anyone can relate to to a certain degree. She has this spark in her, we can see it especially in the passion she has in running, and it makes it even more difficult to see her health deteriorate as the story unfolds. But much like her perseverance with running, she perseveres with her paper cranes: she folds so many, until she can't no more. Her determination transcends into hope early on, a virtue that she refuses to abandon no matter the amount of ache that she is subjected to. This simple, short novel conveys how the ruins of an ugly war trickled through generations only to mark the life of an innocent soul, and how, regardless of how hopeful and positive she remained, only one thing could've prevented this trgedy from occurring: an ideal world where peace resides in place of blind, unjustified violence and hate.
There is something remarkably pure about Sadako, perhaps her character pulls to readers' heartstrings because her childhood innocence is something anyone can relate to to a certain degree. She has this spark in her, we can see it especially in the passion she has in running, and it makes it even more difficult to see her health deteriorate as the story unfolds. But much like her perseverance with running, she perseveres with her paper cranes: she folds so many, until she can't no more. Her determination transcends into hope early on, a virtue that she refuses to abandon no matter the amount of ache that she is subjected to. This simple, short novel conveys how the ruins of an ugly war trickled through generations only to mark the life of an innocent soul, and how, regardless of how hopeful and positive she remained, only one thing could've prevented this trgedy from occurring: an ideal world where peace resides in place of blind, unjustified violence and hate.
My 6th grade daughter and I are homeschooling for the first time and we did a unit on Japan. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is a true story about an 11-year-old girl in the 1950s who died of what they called “atom bomb disease” (leukemia). My daughter was horrified to discover the book wasn’t going to have a “happy” ending and we cried together when we finished it. I was encouraged to see the empathy and thoughtfulness this story brought out in her and we decided if/when we go to Japan, we want to see Sadako’s memorial in Hiroshima Peace Park.
dark
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A