Mieko's recovery is further aided by Yoshi's Aunt Hisako, a stern but generous woman who goads Mieko into picking up her brushes once more. Eventually, she is lifted from her dark state by the patience and wisdom of her comforting grandparents and through the friendship of Yoshi, a gentle classmate. At her new school, she is taunted by some cruel classmates, and the anger she feels only deepens her sense of misery and loss. Mieko fears she has lost the fifth treasure, the ``beauty in the heart'' which holds the key to her artwork. After her hand is badly injured in the bombing, the frightened and embittered girl is sent to stay with her grandparents in the country. The devastating effects of the bombing of Japan described in Coerr's Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes are evoked here in the stirring story of Mieko, a gifted calligrapher and artist.
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