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Heart of a samurai / Margi Preus.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Amulet Books, 2010.Description: 301 p. : ill. ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780810989818 (alk. paper)
  • 0810989816 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 22
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.P92434 He 2010
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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Book Book Sonoma Academy Library F PRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 500361
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"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.

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