Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (by Eleanor Coerr)

This is a good book. It's also a sad book. It tells about a twelve-year-old girl who suffered cancer. It was leukemia. It was a disease from the atom bomb. It It tells about a Japanese girl named Sadako. Sadako was a caring girl. She cared about her family. She had an older brother named Masashiro, a younger sister sister named Mitsue, and a younger brother named Eiji. Sadako's best friend was Chizuko. Sadako was born on January 7, 1943 and died on October 25, 1955. She lived in Hiroshima, Japan. On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atom bomb on two Japanese cities to end World War II. Hiroshima was one of them. The other was Nagasaki. Sadako had leukemia when she was twelve years old. Sadako was two years old when the atom bombs were dropped. August 6 was Peace Day in Japan ever since. And Sadako called it a carnival. When the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, it killed a lot of people.And it also caused a plague. Sadako survived but she got the disease from it ten years later. And she died from the disease. Sadako ended up in the hospital on February 21, 1955. Sadako had a lot of energy when she was eleven years old. That's how she's been chosen to be on the relay team. Then, the dizzy spells started. Sadako felt dizzy after the relay race. It was when Sadako started developing luekemia. Sadako tried to keep it as a secret. She didn't tell anyone. She was focusing on the running team. They found out that Sadako had leukemia on the day when Sadako fell down in school. Her father took her to the hospital. Sadako did not want to hear that she had leukemia. Sadako's parents said she only had to stay in the hospital for a few weeks. To Sadako, it did not sound right. Chizuko brought Sadako something to cheer her up. Chizuko told Sadako that if she makes a thousand paper cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again. But Sadako only managed to make 644 paper cranes. After that, Sadako was too weak to make more. Then, she died. When Sadako was in the hospital, she met a boy named Kenji, who also had leukemia. Sadako had many visitors. But Kenji only had few. Sadako was out of the the hospital once. A lot of friends and relatives came over. Then, Sadako became pale and tired again. Sadako believed she was making everyone. sad. She wanted to turn back into her old self. The next day, Sadako had to return to the hospital. And Sadako was glad to be back in the hospital. Then, her conditions worsened. Then, she died. After Sadako died, her friends finished the thousand paper cranes for her since Sadako only managed to make 644 paper cranes herself before she died. Three years after Sadako died, a statue of Sadako was unveiled in the Peace Park in Hiroshima.