Twelve year old Sadako Sasaki is an energetic girl with a desire to win the relay race for her school team.
All is fine until the day she begins getting dizzy spells. Sadako has leukemia. How does she cope? How can a thousand paper cranes help?
This true story gives us a glimpse of Japanese culture, history, family, willpower and desire.
I like this story because Sadako is like any other girl – active and eager to win her race. I like her supportive and caring family. It was saddening when Sadako fell down unconscious after ignoring the symptoms she experienced. But the Japanese belief of wish fulfilment by folding a thousand paper cranes lends us hope. Sadako is a heroine to many girls in Japan.
This book is a must-read for children 8+ years of age.
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