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Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama
Title:
Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama
JLCTITLE245:
Margi Preus.
Personal Author:
Preus, Margi.
Publication Information:
New York : Amulet Books, 2012.
Physical Description:
301 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9781419702006
General Note:
Subtitle on first printing: based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro.

Includes sneak peek at: Shadow on the mountain.
Abstract:
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.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 5.4 8 Quiz 139383 English fiction.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-301).
Personal Subject:
Nakahara, David

Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898
Subject Term:
Whaling -- Juvenile fiction.

Samurai -- Juvenile fiction.

Japanese -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.

Whaling -- Fiction.

Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction.

Samurai -- Fiction.
Geographic Term:
Japan -- Relations -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.

United States -- Relations -- Japan -- Juvenile fiction.

Japanese -- United States -- Fiction.

Japan -- Relations -- United States -- Fiction.

United States -- Relations -- Japan -- Fiction.
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