Description
A Minnesota Book Award Finalist
A Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book
Longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
“[A] book that may be both personal and universal, both thoroughly researched and real.”–The New York Times Book Review
This striking work of narrative nonfiction tells the real story of six-year-old Sachiko Yasui’s survival of the Nagasaki atomic bomb on August 9, 1945, and the heartbreaking and lifelong aftermath. Having conducted extensive interviews with Sachiko Yasui, Caren Stelson chronicles Sachiko s trauma and loss in addition to her long journey to search out peace. This book offers readers a remarkable new standpoint at the final moments of World War II and their aftermath.
Praise for Sachiko:
“Stuffed with powerful archival images, the book also sensitively describes the historical context.”–The Washington Post
“Luminous, enduring, utterly important.”–starred, Booklist
“[A]n crucial addition to World War II biography collections . . .”–School Library Journal
“A very powerful standpoint.”–Kirkus Reviews