Running with cosmos flowers : the children of Hiroshima
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Running with cosmos flowers : the children of Hiroshima
Pelican Pub., 2014
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Summary: After months of seeking family members with the aunt she was visiting when Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945, seven-year-old Hanako finally goes back to school and gets on with a life that leads, eventually, to her visiting Washington, D.C. and the church that provided them humanitarian aid. Based on first-hand accounts and interviews with survivors, and illustrated with paintings by Hiroshima children
Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-148)
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"Wonderful and powerful . . . This story has kept our memories alive."-Toshimi Ishida, survivor of the Hiroshima bombing, student at Honkawa Elementary School"[This] inspiring story . . . reminds us to live hand in hand together on this earth."-Hiroko Matsui, first lady of Hiroshima"There's never been a story like this in English. Running with Cosmos Flowers is like a Bible of Peace."-Tomoko Furusawa, survivor of the Hiroshima bombing, student at Honkawa Elementary School
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