The true story of Sadako Sasaki, a young Japanese girl on the threshold of adolescence who developed leukemia from radiation caused by the bombing of Hiroshima. While hospitalized, her closest friend reminded her of the Japanese legend that if she folded a thousand paper cranes, the gods might grant her wish to be well again. With hope and determination, Sadako began folding. Her courageous struggle eventually became the inspiration for a monument to memorialize all the children hurt or killed by the bomb. The paper crane has become an international symbol of peace.

Based on the book by Eleanor Coerr. Iconographic.