395 reviews for:

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Eleanor Coerr

4.09 AVERAGE

emaciated_dragon's review against another edition

3.25

emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

krethanthemum's review

4.0

sad fast-paced

sdelcharco's review

5.0

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Sonlight Level F. Heartbreaking story of a Japanese girl and her close-knit family.

marisajustmae's review

3.0

emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

ckeithjohnson's review

5.0

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Really good. Simple and powerful.

mdevlin923's review

2.0

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Sadako was 2 when the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Ten years later, Sadako starts feeling sick...and learns she has leukemia. While in the hospital, Sadako's friend inspires her to fold a thousand paper cranes in order to make a wish to be healthy...but Sadako can only make ~600 cranes before she dies.

An early chapter book that focuses on the ramifications of the atomic bomb. While a good reading level for elementary aged students...it's slightly problematic in that neither the author nor the illustrator are originally from Japan. Read Barefoot Gen instead.

hungovermariyah's review

5.0

sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

chapita4's review

5.0

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The Boo's review (9). It took me a long time to decide how many stars to give this book because it was so sad. It was a good book...just very sad. I wanted to know why we bombed them and why kids had to die for years afterward. I'd like to learn how to make paper cranes and I hope that there is never another bomb like that.

talereads's review

4.5

emotional

tif_knits_reads's review

4.0

informative reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A