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First published in the United States of America by G. P. Putnam’s Sons,
a division of the Putnam & Grosset Group, 1977
Published by Puffin Books,
a division of Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1999
This Puffin Modern Classics edition published by Puffin Books,
a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2004

Text copyright © Eleanor Coerr, 1977

Illustrations copyright © Ronald Himler, 1977
All rights reserved
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED
THE G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS EDITION AS FOLLOWS:
Coerr, Eleanor.
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.
1. Leukemia in children—Juvenile literature. 2. Sasaki, Sadako, 1943-1955—Juvenile
literature. 3. Atomic bomb—Physiological effect—Juvenile literature.
4. Hiroshima—Bombardment, 1945—Juvenile literature. [1. Leukemia. 2. Sasaki,
Sadako, 1943-1955. 3. Atomic bomb—Physiological effect. 4. Hiroshima—
Bombardment, 1945. 5. Death—Fiction.] I. Himler, Ronald. II. Title.
RJ416.L4C63 362.7’8’19615590 (B) (92) 76-9872

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