Takayuki Ishii

I'm starting to make a thousand paper cranes.

I had little expectations from this book but it really moved me. Why do innocent people suffer from violence, war and such?

In Hiroshima, an atomic bomb called little boy was dropped by the US Army. It was targeted simply because it was where the military equipment was manufactured. This book tells the story of Sadako Sasaki and the after-effects of what happened to the atomic bombing.

People around Sadako were kind and generous. Her family was so strong.

Japan is one of the places I wish to visit someday. And now, to see the Genbaku-no-Ko-no-Zoh or Children's Peace Statue will be on my list.


I don’t know when will I get 1000 due to my slow pace lol… (mehr)

My first introduction to Sadako Sasaki was reading Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes in middle school. At first I didn't realize it was historical fiction; I thought it was a biography. So I often wondered about the "true story" that inspired Coerr's book.

Thankfully, earlier this year, I discovered Takayuki Ishii's One Thousand Paper Cranes: The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue. Written in a simple, just-the-facts narrative, Ishii's book presented a brief history of the day Hiroshima was bombed, Sadako's biography (heavily informed by his in-person interviews with Sadako's family, friends, and supporters), and the history of the Children's Peace Statue. The pictures were the best part for me: I was finally able to see the real girl behind the inspiring story.

4 stars

I think both Coerr's Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes and Ishii's One Thousand Paper Cranes should be given to everyone age 11 and up. Historical fiction (Coerr) with its non-fiction (Ishii) counterpart. I think these would work as accessible yet powerful introductions to death and war, especially if read in tandem with history class and/or World War II studies.… (mehr)

This is the story of a young girl living in Japan in the 1950s. She contacts leukemia as a result from the dropping of the atom bomb that ends World War II. She faces this terrible disease like everythiing else in her life, with courage and strength.

I didn't want to read this story, I knew it would be so sad, but, once I started I couldn't put it down.

What a great book to show students the history of so many things: the atomb bomb, what Japan was like after the war, and all the problems and diseases in the aftermath.… (mehr)