Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama / Margi Preus.
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TextPublisher: New York : Amulet Books, 2010Description: 301 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780810989818; 0810989816Subject(s): Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 -- Juvenile fiction | Whaling -- Juvenile fiction | Samurai -- Juvenile fiction | Japanese -- United States -- Juvenile fiction | Japan -- Relations -- United States -- Juvenile fiction | United States -- Relations -- Japan -- Juvenile fictionDDC classification: [Fic] LOC classification: PZ7.P9243 | H43 2010Online resources: Contributor biographical information Contributor biographical information | Publisher description Publisher description Awards: American Library Association Notable Children's Book 2011; Newbery Honor, 2011; Booklist Editor's Choice/Books for Youth 2010. | Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011.Summary: In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
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Subtitle on first printing: based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-301).
In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
American Library Association Notable Children's Book 2011; Newbery Honor, 2011; Booklist Editor's Choice/Books for Youth 2010.
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011.
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