- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Leukemia
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.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Eleanor Coerr
- First published
- April 21, 2005
- Pages
- 80
- Publisher
- Putnam, Everest, Tandem Library
- Editions
- 32
- Language
- Spanish, Chinese, English
- ISBN
- 9788424186685
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“Sadako was born to be a runner.”
Eleanor Coerr (born Page; May 29, 1922 – November 22, 2010) was a Canadian-born American writer of children's books, including *Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes* (historical fiction) and many picture books. **Source**: [Eleanor Coerr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Coerr) on Wikipedia
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