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I loved this book. It is the most beautiful book i have ever read in my life except for the Bible of course but anyway whoever is looking at this blog i think will love this book. I must warn you it is a very sad book. So please don't cry. I love this book by Eleanor Coerr

Ok, I admit it- I read it before I was eight, and I was fine. I'm glad I did. My Grandma (yes, she's an ardent pacifist-she's awesome) decided to read it to me when I was four or five, but decided to stop before Sadako dies. Well, we ended up finishing it. It's depressing but not graphic, if I remember correctly, even when it describes the atomic bomb dropping. When she dies, it says she falls asleep and doesn't wake up, which you might need to explain, but it isn't traumatic. There's also a Fred Small song about her called Cranes Over Hiroshima, also very good...it makes more sense if you read the book first. As far as reading level, I had it read to me at four, probably could have read it on my own at six or seven, I don't exactly know, that could be a bad guess on reading level-I didn't actually read it to myself until I was thirteen-ish, heard the song and decided I should revisit the book.