The Velveteen Rabbit. Charlotte’s Web. The Hate U Give. For me, it was Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Based on the true story of Sadako Sasaki, it tells the story of a 12-year-old girl ...

Sadako died of leukemia at the age of 12 in 1955. As she fought the disease at a hospital, she folded countless paper cranes to wish for her recovery using medicine wrapping paper and other materials.

HIROSHIMA--Metal replicas of paper cranes folded by atomic bombing victim Sadako Sasaki are now on sale, offering an ever-lasting symbol of hope and peace. “They (the reproduced cranes ...

“It’s a Filipino pride thing.” The Seattle-area spree began on July 12, when Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes was reported missing from University District’s Peace Park. The life-size ...