Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
by Eleanor Coerr and Ronald Himler
“An extraordinary book, one no reader will fail to find compelling... read more
- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Asian
Year Published 2002
Word Count 5,677
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 690L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 436, 1.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Physiological effect
- Sasaki, Sadako
- Sasaki, Sadako, 1943-1955
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Leukemia
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945--Juvenile literature
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945
- Leukemia in children
- Atomic bomb--Physiological effect--Juvenile literature
- Leukemia in children--Juvenile literature
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
- History
- Bombardment, 1945
- Death
- Atomic bomb--Physiological effect
- Atomic bomb
- Sasaki, Sadako, 1943-1955--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Military & Wars
- Lists With This Book
- War and Anti-War
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