Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki: and the Thousand Paper Cranes

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Beautiful and powerful true story! There is one chapter that is difficult to read, but very important to how destructive the atomic warhead was/is. This book helps bring perspective and empathy for others in the world. Great to read as an adult and is appropriate for teenagers.

Este livro em inglês conta de uma maneira bem simples a vida de Sadako Sasaki, que se tornou um símbolo na luta pela paz, e especialmente, pela abolição do uso de armas nucleares. O livro foi escrito com base nos relatos do irmão mais velho de Sadako, e é uma biografia completa dela, contando desde o nascimento dela até as homenagens póstumas, passando pelo dia da bomba atômica e também momentos da infância, e todo o período de doença dela, que foi decorrente da bomba atômica.

I knew the basic story of Sadako Sasaki but didn't know the details. It's such a sad but inspiring story. It's marketed towards children but not sure I would give this to a child unless I was comfortable talking about the concept of death with them. Maybe for teens?

Read this through in just an afternoon. Such a sad story but an important one. Was looking for a text to match to a piece of work I was developing. Tells the story of Hiroshima/Sadako and it’s legacy which isn’t easy to come across online. A book probably everyone should read. Great project to go further at the end.

Easy book to read (text etc). So well written and heart breaking story. I mean, I know the story and how it goes but it certainly made me shed tears as I read