Sadako+and+the+Thousand+Paper+Cranes

__Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes__ Author: Eleanor Coerr Reviewed by: Sharnell Milling Eleanor Coerr wrote, __Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes__, and this devastating biography is recommended for those who would enjoy reading about a brave girl who lived through the Hiroshima bomb and the effects it had on her 10 years later. __Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes__ is a third person biography. Kenji and Sadako are both my favorite characters because they both went through the same cancer, leukemia. Sadako was only two when the bomb hit her city but wasn't scratched at all from the bomb, ten years later, they discover she had leukemia. When she was in the hospital, Chizuko, her friend, told Sadako about an old story about the thousands cranes and how the gods would grant her a wish. The characters do develop well with the dialogue and actions. Eleanor Coerr is very thoughtful for taking almost a year to come across //Kokeshi// (explained at the epilogue) and have someone translate it, then publishing __Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes__. home cobra page turners