A review by aprileclecticbookworm
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story by Caren Stelson

4.0

This was a very well written and heartbreaking account of a young girl and her family who lived in Nagasaki. It’s under YA but the author didn’t really talk down or oversimplify the language or content. It’s short but the story doesn’t stop with just the experience of the bomb drop but continued to tell her experiences for years later as a direct result of it. The inclusion of Helen Keller visiting Nagasaki was interesting. I knew she was an advocate for the disabled but didn’t realize she had traveled so extensively. Don’t skip the notes section.