Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
by Eleanor Coerr
Middle grade · ages 8–12 · grades 3–7 · 710L · 64 pages · 2006
Why we'd hand it over
The most accessible, honest introduction to atomic-bomb history and mortality for this age—Sadako's determination to fold paper cranes transforms a historical tragedy into something achingly personal and hopeful without sentimentality.