Based on childhood memories, the Japanese artist recalls her life in Hiroshima before and after the atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945. A spare text combined with detailed pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations contrasts the daily life routines before the bomb with the devastation afterwards. (Ages 9-12)

"This picture-book memoir of the 1945 Hiroshima tragedy is extraordinary. With delicate Japanese-style watercolors, photographs, and a spare text written from a child's perspective, it tells the horrifying story of an ordinary little girl whose family suffered through and miraculously survived the first atomic attack. . . . Her message of peace is . . . powerful and clear".--Entertainment Weekly. Publishers Weekly Critic's Choice, 1990. Full-color illustrations.