Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro / Margi Preus.
By: Preus, Margi [author].
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TextPublisher: New York : Amulet Books, 2010Description: 301 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781419702006 (pbk.); 1419702009 (pbk.).Subject(s): Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 -- Juvenile fiction | Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 -- Fiction | Japanese -- United States -- Fiction | Japan -- Relations -- United States -- Fiction | United States -- Relations -- Japan -- FictionGenre/Form: Adventure fiction -- Juvenile. | Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2010. | Newbery Medal: Honor book -- 2011.DDC classification: FIC PRE Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Contributor biographical information | 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. | Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 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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Newberry Honor Book
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.
Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2011.
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