Coerr, Eleanor creator Himler, Ronald illustrator text New York Scholastic 1977 First Scholastic printing, January 2000 monographic 76 pages : illustrations 20 cm Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy. M 690 Lexile M Raz-Plus by Eleanor Coerr ; paintings by Ronald Himler. Grades 6-8. Reading level: Grades 1-3 Reprint. Originally published in 1977. Formally referred to as The Exchange series Readers (Secondary) Reading comprehension Juvenile literature English language Textbooks for foreign speakers Juvenile literature Leukemia in children Juvenile literature Atomic bomb Physiological effect Juvenile literature PE1121 .C568 1999 9780736227872 0736227873 DLC 20231108151635.0 2189 eng