Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

<b> An extraordinary book one no reader will fail to find compelling and unforgettable. --<i>Booklist</i> starred review</b> <p/>The star of her school's running team Sadako is lively and athletic...until the dizzy spells start. Then she must face the hardest race of her life--the race against time. 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. <p/><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. --<i>The Horn Book <p/></i>The story is told tenderly but with neither a morbid nor a sentimental tone: it is direct and touching. --<i>BCCB</i></b>