The Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki Sasaki Masahiro
*Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner***Middle School Book of the Year-- Northern Lights Book Awards***Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner**For the first time, middle readers can learn the…
Specifikacia The Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki Sasaki Masahiro
*Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner***Middle School Book of the Year-- Northern Lights Book Awards***Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner**For the first time, middle readers can learn the complete story of the courageous girl whose life, which ended through the effects of war, inspired a worldwide call for peace.In this book, author Sue DiCicco and Sadako's older brother Masahiro tell her complete story in English for the first time--how Sadako's courage throughout her illness inspired family and friends, and how she became a symbol of all people, especially children, who suffer from the impact of war. Her life and her death carry a message: we must have a wholehearted desire for peace and be willing to work together to achieve it.Sadako Sasaki was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on her city of Hiroshima at