The Day of the Bomb (in German Sadako Will Leben, meaning Sadako Wants to Live) is a non-fiction book written by the Austrian author Karl Bruckner in 1961.

The Day of the Bomb

1961 edition
Author	Karl Bruckner
Original title	Sadako Will Leben
Translator	Frances Lobb
Country	Austria
Language	translated into English from German,
Genre	Non-fiction book
Publisher	Jungbrunnen
Publication date	1961
Published in English	1962
Media type	print

The story is about a Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki who lived in Hiroshima and died of illnesses caused by radiation exposure following the atomic bombing of the city in August 1945.

The book was translated into most major languages, published on the World Wide Web, and is often used as material for peace education in schools around the world.