One Thousand Paper Cranes: The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue Summary
Ishii Takayuki

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One Thousand Paper Cranes: The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue Summary

One Thousand Paper Cranes by Takayuki Ishii is the story of a young Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki who became ill from radiation poisoning as a result of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, the young girl's hometown. World War II was coming to an end when on August 6, 1945, a US B-29 bomber named the Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb, called Little Boy, on Hiroshima. A nuclear...

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