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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
2.0
Accessible, quick, and very emotional read.
My main issue is that it's based on a true story and gets important details wrong.
I think it's important that Sadako really did fold 1,000 PLUS paper cranes. Not sure why the author chose to take away Sadako's accomplishment and "write a book about the brave Japanese girl for American children" in which she only folded 644 paper cranes? What's the point in changing the facts of Sadako's life?
I've ordered the book The Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki which was co-written by the english writing author and Sadako's brother. For such an important and inspirational story, I think it's important to give children truth and depict historical figures in as accurate a way as possible.
Hopefully this depiction with the added voice and input from a family member can become the default english language telling of this beautiful and tragic story in the future.
My main issue is that it's based on a true story and gets important details wrong.
I think it's important that Sadako really did fold 1,000 PLUS paper cranes. Not sure why the author chose to take away Sadako's accomplishment and "write a book about the brave Japanese girl for American children" in which she only folded 644 paper cranes? What's the point in changing the facts of Sadako's life?
I've ordered the book The Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki which was co-written by the english writing author and Sadako's brother. For such an important and inspirational story, I think it's important to give children truth and depict historical figures in as accurate a way as possible.
Hopefully this depiction with the added voice and input from a family member can become the default english language telling of this beautiful and tragic story in the future.