Heart of a samurai / Margi Preus.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Amulet Books, 2010.Description: 301 p. : ill. ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780810989818 (alk. paper)
- 0810989816 (alk. paper)
- [Fic] 22
- PZ7.P92434 He 2010
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Book | Sonoma Academy Library | F PRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 500361 |
"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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