Description |
80 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. |
Series |
Puffin modern classics.
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Note |
Originally published: New York : Putnam, 1977. |
Summary |
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy. |
Contents |
Good luck signs -- Peace Day -- Sadako's secret -- A secret no longer -- The Golden Crane -- Kenji -- Hundreds of wishes -- Last days -- Racing with the wind. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. New York : Penguin USA, Inc., 2009. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 3799 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 2605 KB). |
Subject |
Leukemia in children -- Juvenile literature.
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Sasaki, Sadako, 1943-1955 -- Juvenile literature.
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Atomic bomb -- Physiological effect -- Juvenile literature.
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Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Juvenile literature.
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Leukemia.
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Sasaki, Sadako, 1943-1955.
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Atomic bomb -- Physiological effect.
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Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945.
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Death.
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Genre |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Himler, Ronald, illustrator.
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Other Form: |
Original 9780142401132 (OCoLC)55207594 |
ISBN |
9781101034927 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) |
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1101034920 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) |
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9781101042410 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) |
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1101042419 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) |
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