Sadako and The Thousand Paper Cranes By: Eleanor Coerr PowerPoint By: McKenna and Teagen
summary In the book, Sadako And The Thousand Paper Cranes a 12 year old girl named Sadako gets sick from a bomb called the, Atom Bomb which gives her a sickness called, radiation sickness or as some people call it, Leukemia. This sickness involves dizzyness when she runs. This dizzyness sends her to the hospital. Chizuko her friend comes in with a paper crane and tells her the tale of the thousand paper cranes.
Character Traits Hi my name is Sadako and in the story I get very clumsy because of my sickness. Hi my name is Chizuko, I am caring and thoughtful about my friend Sadako. Hi I am Sadako again in the story I fell down and I was really scared that something might happen to me. 848
Setting Japan 1954