Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

A story of a girl who is dying and who hangs her last hope on folding 1,000 paper cranes. The hopelessness of her story is heartbreaking, but there really isn't much more to the book.

This book was recommended for my school's "Battle of the Books" program for my 3rd grader. Next thing I know he's asking me if we dropped an atom bomb on Japan that causes children to get sick... well... the answer is yes. And 3rd grade is too young to be thinking about the effects of WWII. It's a very good book, after that I read it and cried a few times. So be careful if your child is sensitive or worries a lot. I feel like this should be for 5th grade and up.

Sadako Sasaki is a role model not only to the children of japan but as well as to the whole world not only to the youngsters but to old ones who suffered illness. In a way she thought us to be courageous and hope. If someone would ask me the title it would still be Sadako and the thousand paper cranes because this golden cranes gave a young girl hope even in the worst moment of her life.