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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
1977 children's historical novel by Eleanor Coerr
For the album of the film soundtrack, see Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (album).
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is a children's historical novel written by Canadian-American author Eleanor Coerr and published in 1977.
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It is based on the true story of Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II, who set out to create a thousand origami cranes when dying of leukemia from radiation caused by the bomb.
The book has been translated into many languages and published in many places, to be used for peace education programs in primary schools.
Plot overview
After being diagnosed with leukemia from radiation caused by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Sadako's friend told her to fold origami paper cranes (orizuru) in hope of making a thousand of them.
She was inspired to do so by the Japanese legend that one who created a thousand origami
