CRANE

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is a non-fiction children's book written by American author Eleanor Coerr and published in 1977.

The story is of a girl, Sadako Sasaki, who lived in Hiroshima at the time of the atomic bombing by the United States. She developed leukemia from the radiation and spent her time in a nursing home folding paper cranes in hope of making a thousand, which supposedly would have allowed her to make one wish, which was to live.


However, she managed to fold 644 before she became too weak to fold any more, and died shortly after. Her friends and family helped finish her dream by folding the rest of the cranes which were buried with Sadako.


The paper crane motif has since become associated with the peace movement.


Available from Corky Saint Clair - 
Sterling silver crane pendant on a 50cm sterling silver chain $60AUD; 
on an 80cm sterling silver chain $65AUD