Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Contributor(s): Coerr, Eleanor (Author), Himler, Ronald (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9780142401132

Publisher: Puffin Books

Binding Types:

Paperback

$7.99

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$20.94 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$19.74 (100+ copies: $18.99)

List/retail price:

$7.99

Pub Date: April 12, 2004

Dewey: B

LCCN: 76009872

Lexile Code: 0690

Features: Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 08 to 12

Physical Info: 0.22" H x 7.06" L x 5.18" W ( 0.17 lbs) 80 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Puffin Modern Classics

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000000436 ( Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes)

Reading level: 4.10

Interest level: MG

Point value: 1.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Based on a true story, young Sadako faces the battle of her life when she is diagnosed with "atomic bomb disease" (leukemia). She turns to her native Japanese beliefs and makes one thousand paper cranes so the gods will grant her wish to be well.

Review Quotes: "An extraordinary book, one no reader will fail to find compelling and unforgettable."