August 5, 1942, began like any other day for six-year-old Sachiko. Her country was at war, she didn't have enough to eat. At 11:01 a.m., she was playing outdoors with four other children. Moments later, those children were all dead. An atomic bomb had exploded just half a mile away. .
Content Note
Home in Nagasaki -- Evacuation -- An ordinary day -- Unspeakable seconds -- The end of the world -- Mizu -- "Enduring the unendurable" -- Two brothers -- Miracle -- A new beginning -- School -- Searching for hope -- A seed for the future -- Standing up to the bullies -- Another seed for the future -- Misa and the orphans of war -- Father -- Sachiko -- A path to peace -- "The world house" -- Cicada years -- Sachiko's fiftieth anniversary.