Name: Sadako
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Author: Eleanor Coerr
ISBN: 9780698115880

Type

Physical Book

Author

Eleanor Coerr

Publisher

Puffin Books

Year

1997

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

ISBN

0698115880

ISBN13

9780698115880

Edition No.

Synopsis "Sadako "

In this reinvention of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, images by Caldecott medalist Ed Young and new text by Eleanor Coerr come together to inspire children of all ages. In her novel Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, Eleanor Coerr told the moving story of Sadako and her brave struggle against leukemia, the “atom-bomb disease,” which she developed when she was twelve, just ten years after the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The novel became a classic, and when Sadako’s story was to be made into a film, Caldecott medalist Ed Young was asked to do the illustrations. With love and commitment, he created nearly 300 hauntingly beautiful pastels which bring to life the spirit of Sadako, her courage and her strength."A masterful collaboration that will attract many new friends for Sadako."—School Library Journal"Coerr's condensed text succeeds in retaining the simple lyricism of the original, allowing the leukemia-stricken Sadako to emerge as a quietly courageous girl."—Publishers Weekly

Eleanor Coerr

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Eleanor Coerr (Kamsack, 1922 - New York, 2010) was a Canadian children's book writer. She began her professional career as a journalistic reporter and editor. She taught children's literature at Monterey Peninsula College and creative writing at Chapman College in California. Among other works, she published the novel Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, which tells the story of Sadako Sasaki, a girl from Hiroshima who died of leukemia caused by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.

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