Heart of a samurai /

Preus, Margi.

Heart of a samurai / Margi Preus. - New York : Amulet Books, 2010. - 301 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

"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.

9780810989818 (alk. paper) 0810989816 (alk. paper)

2009051634


Nakahama, Manjir�o, 1827-1898 --Juvenile fiction.


Japanese--United States--Juvenile fiction.


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

PZ7.P92434 / He 2010

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