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  • A Kid’s Review of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

    I was writing about Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes for the South China Morning Post when I came across the funniest one-star review of the book:

    This is a bad book. It is sad and a horrible book. Do not pick up this book. If you want to read it, now you know it is a bad book. I do not recommend it. If you are thinking of going to the book store and wasting your money on a book like this, forget about it. But I’ll tell you about it anyway. It is about a girl named Sadako who gets very sick. She has a friend named Chizuko. She is Sadako’s best friend. Sadako is a fast runner. She gets leukemia and goes to the hospital. Chizuko tells her that if she makes a thousand cranes, she will not have leukemia. Her brother promises to hang the cranes. Will she make one thousand?

    I want this kid to review everything. Hey kid, what did you think of the new Strokes album?

    Tagged: Books Comic Gold

    Posted on April 4, 2011

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