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From: PMunozRyan at aol.com <PMunozRyan>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 11:08:21 EST
Katie, Although not an adult novel, but certainly powerful, is Eleanor Coerr's middle grade/YA novel, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Then a few years ago, Ed Young illustrated the beautiful picture book, Sadako, also by Eleanor Coerr. Following is a synopsis:
Book Description Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team. And then the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the "atom bomb disease," Sadako faces her future with spirit and bravery. Recalling a Japanese legend, Sadako sets to work folding paper cranes. For the legend holds that if a sick person folds one thousand cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again. Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the extraordinary courage that made one young woman a heroine in Japan.
Pam Ryan
Received on Tue 21 Nov 2000 10:08:21 AM CST
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 11:08:21 EST
Katie, Although not an adult novel, but certainly powerful, is Eleanor Coerr's middle grade/YA novel, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Then a few years ago, Ed Young illustrated the beautiful picture book, Sadako, also by Eleanor Coerr. Following is a synopsis:
Book Description Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team. And then the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the "atom bomb disease," Sadako faces her future with spirit and bravery. Recalling a Japanese legend, Sadako sets to work folding paper cranes. For the legend holds that if a sick person folds one thousand cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again. Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the extraordinary courage that made one young woman a heroine in Japan.
Pam Ryan
Received on Tue 21 Nov 2000 10:08:21 AM CST
