Okuda, Sadako Teiko creator author. Vergun, Pamela Bea Wilson author. Joseph, Paul 1948- contributor. Vergun, Robert contributor. Thomasson, Catherine 1901-1989 contributor. Donohoe, Martin contributor. Ham, Sok-Hon (Novel Peace Prize nominee) contributor. text enk 2025 2025 monographic eng xvi, 232 pages ; 20 cm Sadako Teiko Okuda was living in Osaki-shimo, an island off the mainland of Japan, when the bomb hit Hiroshima on the 6th of August 1945. Even sixty kilometers from the city, it was clear something horrific had happened. There was a blinding flash and the window next to Sadako smashed, a shard of glass leaving a painful burn on her neck. Soon, news came that her niece and nephew who lived in Hiroshima were missing. There was only one thing she could do - leave the relative safety of the island and set off into the city to find them. In the seven long days that followed, Sadako roamed the ruins of the city, desperately hoping that she would catch sight of her family and in the meantime coming across dozens of other children who were alone, distraught and in pain. Carrying only water and a little medicine, she did her best to nurse the children and offer what care, compassion and tenderness she could in unimaginable circumstances. And in turn, they helped her to find hope in the very darkest of times adult by Sadako Teiko Okuda with Pamela Bea Wilson Vergun ; With contributions by Paul Joseph, Pamela Vergun and Robert Vergun, Catherine Thomasson, Martin Donohoe, Sok-Hon Ham (Novel Peace Prize nominee) Bibliography: pages [227]-230 Okuda, Sadako World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives Bombing, Aerial Japan Atomic bomb victims Hiroshima-shi (Japan) History Bombardment, 1945 940.548252 9781800963009 PPAK 260304 20260304143937.0 eng