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The paper crane by molly bang5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() But then Keiko is lost when Mizuki's grandfather has no option but to leave her in a safe place while he goes for help. There is also the very moving and human story as the two teenage boys with great bravery search for and find Keiko, Hiro's five-year-old sister. What follows is a searing account of the blinding flash, the harrowing search for family and the devastation both human and physical. Moments later the horrific nuclear bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. He says that he has never got over something that happened in his past and gently Mizuki persuades him to tell her what it is.We are taken to 1945, Hiroshima, and Mizuki's grandfather as a teenage boy chatting at home with his friend Hiro. A Japanese teenager, Mizuki, is worried about her grandfather who is clearly desperately upset about something. Nominated for the 2021 CILIP Carnegie Medal, joint winner of the UKLA 11-14 Book Award 2021 and winner of the Warwickshire Schools Library Award. ![]()
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