Pegasus Yayınları Sadako / Pegasus

This is our cry. this is our prayer. may there be peace in the world.

In this book, you will read the complete story of the brave sadako, who lost her life due to the effects of the war, for the first time, inspiring a call for peace to the whole world.

Sadako was a lively girl who loved running and playing games with her friends. she was only twelve years old. one day, she was no longer able to run and play. at first, she did not understand what was happening. her family told her that she only needed to stay in the hospital for a while. but the truth was very painful. sadako, who was exposed to the effects of the atomic bomb when she was two years old, had developed leukemia. and she had a year to live at most. the loving and caring sadako, who was unaware of the situation, promised her family that she would only focus on getting better, but she knew that her parents were struggling to pay their debts and bills. so she started making paper cranes to get better and not burden her family. because according to a japanese legend, the wish of the person who folds a thousand paper cranes would come true. even when she learned the painful truth, she did not give up and continued this until she could no longer fold it.
The children's peace monument, featuring a statue of sadako, who prioritized her family over herself even in the face of death, and who, despite her immense suffering, refused to burden them with expensive medicine, stands within hiroshima peace park today. in this book, sadako's older brother masahiro sasaki and the peace towers project founder sue dicicco for the first time tell the complete story of sadako and her family, filled with previously unseen photographs.


Winner of the independent publisher book award (ippy)
Skipping stones honor award
2020 northern lights book award

Sadako legacy is approved by stk.


"reading sadako sasaki's story, you will understand that the elimination of nuclear weapons and the rejection of war are the only way for humanity to survive. as you read the unbearable tragedy caused by the atomic bomb, you will learn the true meaning of 'living' from sadako, who patiently struggled with an incurable, hard-to-bear disease. i hope you will also make new friends thanks to sadako's symbolic 'paper crane' she left us. please build a peaceful future together."
Dr. tadatoshi akiba, former mayor of hiroshima

"my grandfather, harry s. truman, never talked to me about the bombing of japan. like most americans, i learned about these bombings in high school. the textbooks didn't give me more than the loss figures. there was no information about what really happened to the people there. sadako sasaki's story was the first human story i read about the bombings. now we have the complete story of the entire sasaki family, their friends, and the courage and self-sacrifice of the people of hiroshima."
Clifton truman daniel, grandson of the former u.s. president harry s. truman

Sadako sasaki, born in hiroshima in 1943, was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped. she lived her life to the fullest, but that life ended at the tender age of twelve. the message she conveyed throughout her life still resonates with us: "peace in the world can be achieved not by holding a grudge, but by trying to live our lives with compassion for others. hope will arise from overcoming our differences, understanding each other deeply, and respecting other people."
Kazumi matsui, mayor of hiroshima

'children making paper cranes allows them to make a personal connection with a tragedy they cannot grasp because of its terrifying enormity.focusing on one person's story increases the likelihood of fighting to eliminate nuclear weapons.even just one hundred bomb explosions will cause unimaginable pain to all the people in this world, and we must never let that happen.'
Jonathan granoff, president, global security institute

Sadako, the paper thousand tower's true story, named after sadako sasaki, who reminds us of the good in our very essence, is available in libraries, classrooms, and homes worldwide.

Product name: the true story of sadako sasaki and the thousand paper cranes
Product code: 9786254102653
Author: masahiro sasaki, sue dicicco
Publication year: 2022
Cover type: cardboard cover
Number of Pages: 168
Paper type: 2nd pulp
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