Stelson, Caren Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story, pgs. 113, Carolrhoda Books, 2016. $19.99.
Language G; Mature Content G; Violence G.
Beautifully written, this book is written from personal
interviews with Sachiko, who was six years old when the atomic bomb explodes in
Nagasaki, just ½ a mile away. At almost
the heart of the hypocenter, Sachiko is one of the few children to
survive. She tells of the harrowing
story of her family’s journey out of Nagasaki and the sorrow following the
deaths in her family. Sachiko has to
fight to find her voice and her experiences were too raw to speak about until 50
years after the bombing. When Sachiko
began to speak out, she did so as an advocate for peace, taking her inspiration
from Helen Keller, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King. Her father taught her, “This is the only
world we can live in. Hate only produces
hate.” Interspersed throughout Sachiko’s
story are inserts with historical insights.
This book is a must read. You
will want to write down quotes and copy pages.
This book is a tribute to the human spirit and how people can choose to
respond to great personal tragedy with grace and dignity instead of revenge and
hatred.
EL, MS, HS - ESSENTIAL.
Michelle in the Middle
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