![]() ![]() At the end of the evening, Sadako and her family lower paper lanterns into the river to commemorate those they have lost, and Sadako heads home feeling that good luck is indeed all around her. As Sadako moves through the festival, she eats and drinks and laughs with her friends, but also sees many people who bear horrible scars and disfigurations. On Peace Day-an annual festival in remembrance of the victims of the atom bomb that was dropped on the city nine years before at the end of World War II-Sadako joins her family and her best friend Chizuko at the Peace Park to mourn the dead and celebrate the life that still goes on in Hiroshima. ![]() She approaches everything in life with excitement and positivity, and is constantly on the lookout for “good luck signs” and other small auspicious details in the world around her. Sadako is a born runner who dreams of joining her junior high school’s racing team next year. Eleven-year-old Sadako Sasaki lives with her mother, father, and siblings in Hiroshima, Japan. ![]()
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