Examines the true story of Sachiko, who was six years old on August 9, 1945, when the atomic bomb fell and exploded only half a mile away from her. Miraculously she survived, but her life was not easy afterwards. Her journey to find peace afterwards was greatly helped by the writings of Helen Keller, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Content Note
August 1945 : home in Nagasaki -- May-August 1945 : evacuation -- August 6, 1945 : an ordinary day -- August 9, 1945 : unspeakable seconds -- August 9, 1945 : the end of the world -- August 9-11, 1945 : Mizu -- August 12-15, 1945 : "enduring the unendurable" -- August 15-mid-September 1945 : two brothers -- Mid-September-late March 1946 : miracle -- Spring 1946 : a new beginning -- April-December 1946 : school -- December 1947 : searching for hope -- February 1, 1948 : a seed for the future -- April 1948 : standing up to the bullies -- October 1948 : another seed for the future -- 1949-1954 : Misa and the orphans of war -- 1955-1961 : father -- 1961-1962 : Sachiko -- 1962 : a path to peace -- 1963-1968 : "the world house" -- 1968-1992 : cicada years -- August 1995 : Sachiko's fiftieth anniversary.