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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

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for Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr and Ronald Himler

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  • Grade Levels:*
  • Grades 3-12
  • Word Count:
  • 5,677
  • Lexile Level:
  • 690L
  • ATOS Reading Level:
  • 4.1
  • Cultural Experience:
  • Asian
  • Genre:
  • Nonfiction
  • Year Published:
  • 2002

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From AudioFile Magazine

When Sadako, a high-spirited and athletic Japanese girl, learns that she has "the atom bomb sickness," leukemia, she decides to fold one thousand paper cranes as a good luck charm to restore her health. This famous story of one girl's courageous fight with a terminal illness makes a fine transition to audio. This story is told in simple, straightforward prose, and Christina Moore gives an appropriately subdued reading, never getting in the way of the words. The production is deeply moving, and the addition of the author's note and letters written to the author about Sadako's story add to the experience. This is an important story and an excellent choice for family listening. A.F. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes was selected by educational and library professionals to be included on the following state/provincial reading lists.

Canada Lists (1)

Alberta

  • ELA Authorized Novel and Nonfiction Reading List, Grade 4

United States Lists (4)

Texas

  • STAAR Confidential Student Report Recommended Booklist: Grade 5

Wisconsin

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