Sadako & the Thousand Paper Cranes

by Eleanor Coerr

This story is about a young Chinese girl named Sadako. She was a very athletic person and wanted to become a running star but she soon became ill with dizzy spells and then fainted. She was taken to hospital and found to have Leukaemia. She was told by her best friend that if you fold 1000 paper cranes you would be allowed to gain one wish or so she thought….

David P. of Year 7.