“Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes” by Eleanor Coerr is a book that Ric Murry shares with his seventh-grade social studies students at Dalton Middle School as they study Japan. The story resonates with Murry because of its connection to history, and its central messages of world peace and how one student can make a difference.
On his bucket list, Murry wants to see the statute of Sadako that stands in her memory at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan. This summer, Murry’s dream will come true as he travels to Japan
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