Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (Puffin Modern Classics)

<b>&#160;&#147;An extraordinary book one no reader will fail to find compelling and unforgettable.&#148; &#151;<i>Booklist</i> starred review</b><br><br><br>The star of her school&#146;s running team Sadako is lively and athletic&#133;until the dizzy spells start. Then she must face the hardest race of her life&#151;the race against time.&#160;Based on a true story <i>Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes</i> celebrates the courage that makes one young woman a heroine in Japan.&#160;<br><br><br><b>[The] story speaks directly to young readers of the tragedy of Sadako's death and in its simplicity makes a universal statement for 'peace in the world.&#148; &#151;<i>The Horn Book&#160;</i>The story is told tenderly but with neither a morbid nor a sentimental tone: it is direct and touching. &#160;&#151;<i>BCCB</i></b>