Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
Audiobook3 hours
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story
Written by Caren B. Stelson
Narrated by John Chancer and Katherine Fenton
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
()
About this audiobook
The true story of six-year-old Sachiko Yasui's survival of the Nagasaki atomic bomb on August 9, 1945, and the heartbreaking and lifelong aftermath.
Author
Caren B. Stelson
Caren B. Stelson has worked as a teacher, educational consultant, and freelance writer. In 2013, the Sachiko manuscript won the SCBWI Anna Cross Giblin work-in-progress award. Because of Caren's friendship with Sachiko Yasui, she has become an active member of the Saint Paul-Nagasaki Sister City Committee as well as continuing to write and teach. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Related to Sachiko
Related audiobooks
Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945 Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese American Internment Camps Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hiroshima Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rape of Nanking: The History and Legacy of the Notorious Massacre during the Second Sino-Japanese War Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To Destroy You is No Loss: The Odyssey of a Cambodian Family Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Out of the Silence: After the Crash Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Boy of Heart Mountain: Based on and Inspired by the Experiences of Shigeru Yabu Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To Hell And Back: The Last Train From Hiroshima Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Boy in Hiding Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein: Based on a True Story Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Don't Look Back: A Memoir of War, Survival, and My Journey from Sudan to America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen Heaven and Earth Changed Places Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Boy from Reactor 4 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Boy at the Top of the Mountain Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hiroshima Maidens Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Boy in the Woods: A True Story of Survival During the Second World War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
YA Biography & Autobiography For You
Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Never Quit: How I Became a Special Ops Pararescue Jumper Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Almost Adulting: All You Need to Know to Get It Together (Sort Of) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Maddie Diaries: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War and Survival Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different: A Biography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Farewell to Manzanar Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mark Twain: How to Tell a Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Case for Faith Student Edition: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Live Original: How the Duck Commander Teen Keeps It Real and Stays True to Her Values Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Empowered Black Girl: Joyful Affirmations and Words of Resilience Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Straight Up: Honest, Unfiltered, As-Real-As-I-Can-Put-It Advice for Life’s Biggest Challenges Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What's the T? Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Code Name Badass: The True Story of Virginia Hall Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Life in Dog Years Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Walk Boldly: Empowerment Toolkit for Young Black Men Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related podcast episodes
Teaser: This is What If, discussed. 0% found this document usefulChernobyl 0% found this document usefulWhat Was Alcatraz? 0% found this document useful"On Auschwitz" (1): The beginnings of Auschwitz 0% found this document usefulEpisode 47: Child's Play 0% found this document usefulWhat really sank the Kursk? 0% found this document usefulBest of 2019: The Donner Party Pt. 1: On May 12, 1846, a wagon train set out toward the West Coast of North America. 0% found this document usefulThe Bastard Brigade - The Accidental A-Bomb | 1 0% found this document usefulThe Great Boston Molasses Flood: January 15, 1919. Boston PD receives a call: “Send all available rescue personnel...there's a wave of molasses coming down Commercial Street." The bizarre flood decimated Boston's North End. How did it happen? And why does it still affec... 100% found this document usefulThe Hanging of Jekyll and Hyde 0% found this document usefulAndrea Dunlop, WOMEN ARE THE FIERCEST CREATURES: A Novel 100% found this document usefulThe Bone Wars 0% found this document usefulHOW SANTA CLAUS CAME TO BE AND THE LEGENDS OF CHRISTMAS: 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries 0% found this document useful#405: The Shenandoah Murders - Part 2 0% found this document usefulHiroshima: A Survivor's Story 0% found this document usefulJapan's Tokugawa Shogunate: How did the Tokugawa Shogunate restore order and unity to Japan? 0% found this document usefulThe Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb: How the decision to use the atomic bomb was wrapped up in atomic diplomacy. 0% found this document usefulOn John Hersey's "Hiroshima": A Discussion with Christopher Capozzola 0% found this document useful
Related articles
Actions Can Have Horrifying Consequences In 'The Boy On The Bridge' NPRArticle
Actions Can Have Horrifying Consequences In 'The Boy On The Bridge'
May 6, 2017
2 min readSouth Korean Bestseller 'Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982' Gives Public Voice To Private Pain NPRArticle
South Korean Bestseller 'Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982' Gives Public Voice To Private Pain
Apr 19, 2020
3 min readHow Louisa May Alcott Landed on the Front Lines of the Civil War Literary HubArticle
How Louisa May Alcott Landed on the Front Lines of the Civil War
Feb 22, 2019
3 min readA 4-year-old Can Run Errands Alone ... And Not Just On Reality TV NPRArticle
A 4-year-old Can Run Errands Alone ... And Not Just On Reality TV
Apr 20, 2022
9 min readEastern Enmities BBC World Histories MagazineArticle
Eastern Enmities
Feb 27, 2020
5 min readJames Clavell’s ‘Shōgun’ Is Reimagined For A New Generation Of TV Viewers Weekend Argus SaturdayArticle
James Clavell’s ‘Shōgun’ Is Reimagined For A New Generation Of TV Viewers
Mar 30, 2024
5 min readJames Clavell’s ‘Shōgun’ Is Reimagined For A New Generation Of TV Viewers Saturday StarArticle
James Clavell’s ‘Shōgun’ Is Reimagined For A New Generation Of TV Viewers
Mar 30, 2024
5 min readJames Clavell’s ‘Shōgun’ Is Reimagined For A New Generation Of TV Viewers Independent on SaturdayArticle
James Clavell’s ‘Shōgun’ Is Reimagined For A New Generation Of TV Viewers
Mar 30, 2024
5 min readThe Impossible Task of Remembering the Nanking Massacre The AtlanticArticle
The Impossible Task of Remembering the Nanking Massacre
Dec 17, 2017
7 min read“Unless The Japanese Got The US Off Their Backs In The Pacific, They Believed They Would Face Complete Destruction” BBC History MagazineArticle
“Unless The Japanese Got The US Off Their Backs In The Pacific, They Believed They Would Face Complete Destruction”
Nov 25, 2021
10 min readHow Would It Be Different? History of WarArticle
How Would It Be Different?
Feb 26, 2020
Japan creates the puppet state of Manchukuo After the 1931 invasion of Manchuria, and believing that all of Asia should be unified under the rule of Emperor Hirohito, Japan creates a new state, Manchukuo, located in inner (Chinese) Mongolia. 15 Septe
2 min readConflict In Asia-pacific MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military HistoryArticle
Conflict In Asia-pacific
Apr 11, 2023
3 min readTokyo Rose’s Legacy Re-examined World War IIArticle
Tokyo Rose’s Legacy Re-examined
Feb 21, 2023
2 min readThe Path To Hiroshima And Nagasaki Began With The Firebombing Of Tokyo The Christian Science MonitorArticle
The Path To Hiroshima And Nagasaki Began With The Firebombing Of Tokyo
Nov 23, 2022
4 min readQ&A YOU ASK, WE ANSWER History RevealedArticle
Q&A YOU ASK, WE ANSWER
May 12, 2022
8 min readSingapore's George Yeo On Southeast Asia's Chinese Diaspora, Regional Anti-Chinese Sentiment, And Lee Kuan Yew's US-China Calculations This Week in AsiaArticle
Singapore's George Yeo On Southeast Asia's Chinese Diaspora, Regional Anti-Chinese Sentiment, And Lee Kuan Yew's US-China Calculations
Aug 31, 2022
For half a year, Singapore's former foreign minister George Yeo met and mused over a wide range of topics with writer Woon Tai Ho and research assistant Keith Yap, in weekly interview sessions which lasted two to three hours each time. The result of
9 min readCommentary: US Leaders Knew We Didn't Have To Drop Atomic Bombs On Japan To Win The War. We Did It Anyway Los Angeles TimesArticle
Commentary: US Leaders Knew We Didn't Have To Drop Atomic Bombs On Japan To Win The War. We Did It Anyway
Aug 7, 2020
At a time when Americans are reassessing so many painful aspects of our nation's past, it is an opportune moment to have an honest national conversation about our use of nuclear weapons on Japanese cities in August 1945. The fateful decision to inaug
3 min readThe Jag File Military TraderArticle
The Jag File
Dec 4, 2020
Throughout history, tragic events are followed by promises to never forget the victims. Presidential proclamations, songs, movies, posters, and anniversary celebrations all help us to keep those who died alive in our nation’s collective memory. For e
5 min readThe Desert Was His Home Creative NonfictionArticle
The Desert Was His Home
Dec 15, 2020
6 min readEmpress Michiko You South AfricaArticle
Empress Michiko
Feb 3, 2023
4 min readA YEAR IN PICTURES 1945 The End Of The War And A World Order In Transition BBC World Histories MagazineArticle
A YEAR IN PICTURES 1945 The End Of The War And A World Order In Transition
Apr 23, 2020
4 min readThe Price Of Peace World War IIArticle
The Price Of Peace
Sep 29, 2020
1 min readGodzilla Minus the United States The AtlanticArticle
Godzilla Minus the United States
Feb 11, 2024
6 min readThe Games That Redefined Japan BBC History MagazineArticle
The Games That Redefined Japan
Jul 8, 2021
9 min readManzanar Pilgrimage Takes On Broad Themes Of Democracy, Civil Rights Los Angeles TimesArticle
Manzanar Pilgrimage Takes On Broad Themes Of Democracy, Civil Rights
Apr 28, 2019
6 min readThe Way Of The Warrior Metal Hammer UKArticle
The Way Of The Warrior
Apr 28, 2022
7 min readRemembering Rabaul TracesArticle
Remembering Rabaul
Apr 11, 2023
4 min readIsamu Noguchi AnOther MagazineArticle
Isamu Noguchi
Oct 7, 2021
8 min readTV, FILM & RADIO History RevealedArticle
TV, FILM & RADIO
Jul 9, 2020
4 min readHidden Histories BBC History MagazineArticle
Hidden Histories
Nov 23, 2023
2 min read
Reviews for Sachiko
Rating: 4.75 out of 5 stars
5/5
4 ratings0 reviews