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A review by coffeedragon
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
5.0
When I first saw this book there was something about it that made me want to read it. I saw it and saw it until one day I went to the library and brought it home. I had been reluctant to read it since it was in the children's section of the library but after reading it I'm glad I didn't turn it away.
This book is very short, 80 pages I believe and is about the life of Sadako, a twelve year old who was diagnosed with leukemia. We learn that she loves running and hopes to be part of a team when she goes to junior high(?), unfortunately, soon after her first win at school she begins to have dizzy spells. Later she learns that she has the atomic bomb disease.
I loved how easy this book was to read and how short but emotional it was. We didn't have to have many pages to learn about Sadako and within just a few events one could feel attached. I knew that she was going to die, it said so at the beginning of the book, but still, I cried. I was so sad that a child like her, so full of hope and dreams would be dying before anything could be accomplished.
I know there must have been many other who dies, such as Kenji (one of the other patients Sadako met) but there was something about Sadako that made her especially courageous. Perhaps it was because the book was about her.
This book is very short, 80 pages I believe and is about the life of Sadako, a twelve year old who was diagnosed with leukemia. We learn that she loves running and hopes to be part of a team when she goes to junior high(?), unfortunately, soon after her first win at school she begins to have dizzy spells. Later she learns that she has the atomic bomb disease.
I loved how easy this book was to read and how short but emotional it was. We didn't have to have many pages to learn about Sadako and within just a few events one could feel attached. I knew that she was going to die, it said so at the beginning of the book, but still, I cried. I was so sad that a child like her, so full of hope and dreams would be dying before anything could be accomplished.
I know there must have been many other who dies, such as Kenji (one of the other patients Sadako met) but there was something about Sadako that made her especially courageous. Perhaps it was because the book was about her.